Julian Collins at the grave of his father, 400871 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Austin James Collins, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number P09691.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 1949
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Julian Collins at the grave of his father, 400871 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Austin James Collins, air gunner, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Flt Sgt Collins served in Malaya with the RAF and returned to Australia after the fall of Singapore. He was then posted to 22 Squadron RAAF, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. He was lost on operations in New Guinea on 1 June 1943.