Studio portrait of 404251 Sergeant (Sgt) John Kirkpatrick Morris, RAAF, 102 Squadron RAF, of ...

Accession Number P07614.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1940 - 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 404251 Sergeant (Sgt) John Kirkpatrick Morris, RAAF, 102 Squadron RAF, of Brisbane, Qld. Sgt Morris was a clerk before enlisting on 19 July 1940. He was accidentally killed at the age of 21 on 14 April 1942. He was a crew member of a Halifax bomber (serial number FA R9488) which crashed while on air test at Bladersby, near Ripon, England, killing all on board.