Studio portrait of 405758 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) John Hubert Mellersh, RAAF. A shop assistant ...

Accession Number P10251.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1939-1943
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 405758 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) John Hubert Mellersh, RAAF. A shop assistant from Milton, Queensland prior to enlistment, Flt Sgt Mellersh was attached to 4 (C) Operational Training Squadron RAF when the Sunderland flying boat, of which he was a crew member, crashed into the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, killing all on board. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.