| Accession Number | P08703.005 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1941-1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 409159 Pilot Officer (PO) William George Lupton, 459 Squadron, RAAF. Lupton, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 409159 Pilot Officer (PO) William George Lupton, 459 Squadron, RAAF. Lupton, of Alphington, Vic, was a clerk prior to enlistment as an Airman on 19 July 1941. He embarked for South Africa on 2 November 1941 and was appointed to PO on 20 September 1943. PO Lupton was killed in training air operations over Tobruk on 3 February 1944, aged 23. He is buried at the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. This image is taken from "The Ivanarian", a magazine of the Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Vic. During the Second World War the school honoured "old boys" who had enlisted and died by including a short biographical piece and in many cases a portrait.