| Accession Number | P07900.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 417771 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant) Robert Gordon Frew, in civilian ...
Description
Studio portrait of 417771 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant) Robert Gordon Frew, in civilian life a clerk of Broken Hill, NSW. He enlisted on August 15 1942, and after training was posted to 2 Squadron, RAAF. Frew’s aircraft took off on 3 April 1944 from Hughes air base in the Northern Territory to carry out a patrol in the Arafura Sea. It was thought that the aircraft crashed somewhere in this area but the remains were later found in the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory.