Studio portrait of 417820 Aircraftman (AC) Frederick Dyer. An apprentice sheet metal worker prior ...

Accession Number P10504.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Arthur and Son
Place made Australia: South Australia, Mount Gambier
Date made c November 1942
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 417820 Aircraftman (AC) Frederick Dyer. An apprentice sheet metal worker prior to enlistment, AC 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.