Studio portrait of 413985 Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Gordon Goodwin RAAF, 2 Aircraft Depot ...

Accession Number P10771.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1944
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 413985 Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Gordon Goodwin RAAF, 2 Aircraft Depot Richmond. FO enlisted in the RAAF on 10 October 1941 and was accidentally killed on 21 September 1945 when the P40 Kittyhawk he was piloting crashed during a ferry flight from Labuan, Indonesia to Oakey, Queensland. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated with other Australians at the Ambon Memorial, Indonesia.