| Place | Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Mount Gambier |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P11152.004 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
RAAF Photographer |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Enlistment portrait of 437919 Flying Officer (FO) David Eustace Genders. FO Genders, an ...
Description
Enlistment portrait of 437919 Flying Officer (FO) David Eustace Genders. FO Genders, an accountant's clerk from Mt Gambier SA, enlisted on 6 November 1943. He was shot down over the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) and died on 10 May 1945 as a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. One of a series of images used by Allied prosecutors during the war crimes trials of Japanese charged with the murder of Australian pilots. The prints were produced in some numbers and used by investigative units in in South East Asia trying to locate the graves of missing RAAF pilots and aircrew. Initially showed to local natives and to Japanese prisoners of war, some were later produced in court as evidence during the trials of Japanese POW charged with the men's murder.