Studio portrait of 408118 Sergeant (Sgt) Walter John Macmichael, Observer, of No. 14 Squadron ...

Accession Number P09237.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
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 408118 Sergeant (Sgt) Walter John Macmichael, Observer, of No. 14 Squadron RAF, of Sandy Bay, Tas. He was a bank teller prior to enlisting in December 1940. On 20 March 1942, Sgt Macmichael was killed on operations in the Middle East when the Blenheim aircraft in which he was a crew member, crashed during take off. He was 31 years of age.