Accession Number | P08946.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 421958 Aircraftman, later Pilot Officer (PO) Joseph Henry Brown, 20 Squadron, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 421958 Aircraftman, later Pilot Officer (PO) Joseph Henry Brown, 20 Squadron, RAAF, of Wollongong, NSW. He enlisted from Sydney on 24 April 1942. PO Brown was killed on operations piloting a Catalina A24-204 over Laoet Straits, Timor on 28 January 1945, aged 23. His name is commemorated on the Ambon Memorial, Indonesia.