Studio portrait of 420010 Flying Officer (FO) Colin Harold Johnston, RAAF, 141 Squadron, RAF, of ...

Accession Number P09539.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 420010 Flying Officer (FO) Colin Harold Johnston, RAAF, 141 Squadron, RAF, of Sydney, NSW (originally Wellington, New Zealand). A chemist manufacturer in civilian life before enlisting from Sydney on 10 October 1941, FO Johnston died on operations piloting a Beaufighter V8777 over Coltishall, United Kingdom on 18 October 1943. He was 23 years of age.