Studio portrait of 419070 Flying Officer (FO) Neil William Neelands, RAAF, 194 Squadron RAF of ...

Accession Number P12047.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Fox, Peter
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1943-1944
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 419070 Flying Officer (FO) Neil William Neelands, RAAF, 194 Squadron RAF of Northcote, Victoria. FO Neelands was killed on 20 June 1945 when the Dakota KK-175 on which he was pilot was lost on operations in Burma. He had celebrated his 21st birthday five days earlier.