Accession Number | P08658.001 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 420653 Aircraftman (AC), later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt), Lancelott James ...
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.