| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P10326.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Outdoor group portrait of brothers PA3486 Writer (Wtr) Ralph Henry Farmer RAN (left rear) and ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of brothers PA3486 Writer (Wtr) Ralph Henry Farmer RAN (left rear) and 416251 Flight Sergeant (Flt/Sgt) Donald Craig Farmer, 2 Squadron RAAF (right rear) and their father S73149 Lieutenant Colonel Donald Farmer, 10th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) (front). Flt/Sgt Farmer enlisted at Adelaide SA on 28 April 1941 and was killed in action when the aircraft in which he was a Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) flew into a mountain near Penfoei during a bombing raid on Timor on 8 July 1943. He was aged 22.