Studio portrait of 420653 Aircraftman (AC), later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt), Lancelott James ...

Accession Number P08658.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Tyndall Studio
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Gosford
Date made c 1941
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 420653 Aircraftman (AC), later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt), Lancelott James Frazer, of Gosford, NSW. Flt Sgt Frazer, a butcher prior to enlisting in November 1941, trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Australia, Canada and England. He was then posted to No. 460 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt Frazer was one of seven crew members on board Lancaster W4844 which was reported missing during a night bombing raid against Cologne, Germany, on 3 July 1943. He was 20 years of age.