Studio portrait of 215 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Richard Arthur Oakley, Pilot of 217 Squadron, ...

Accession Number P09542.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Riley, Sidney
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1937
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 215 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Richard Arthur Oakley, Pilot of 217 Squadron, RAAF, of Manly, Qld. He enlisted from Point Cook, Vic on 21 July 1937. Flt Lt Oakley died on air operations over Brest, France, on 1 February 1941. He was 23 years of age.