One of three strips of passport type photos, each consisting of three photos of 417820 Flight ...

Accession Number P10504.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1943-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

One of three strips of passport type photos, each consisting of three photos of 417820 Flight Officer (FO) Frederick Dyer dressed in civilian clothes which could be used for escape and evasion purposes if captured. An apprentice sheet metal worker prior to enlistment, FO Dyer enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 18 July 1942, after serving for six months with the 6th Army Troops Company as a Sapper. He trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada and was attached to both the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), before being discharged from the RAAF in August 1945. See also P10504.009 and P10504.010.