Studio portrait of 420565 Flight Sergeant, later Pilot Officer (PO) William Philip Revenall ...

Accession Number P08800.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made 1941 - 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 420565 Flight Sergeant, later Pilot Officer (PO) William Philip Revenall Hewitt, 630 Squadron RAF, of North Sydney, NSW. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney on 8 November 1941 . PO Hewitt died on operations whilst in a Lancaster JB 665 over Germany on 15 February 1944, aged 20. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.