"Chess. Self and Peter Turnbull playing, advised by Kloster and Bothwell." This image is from ...

Accession Number P12424.048
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Jenin
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"Chess. Self and Peter Turnbull playing, advised by Kloster and Bothwell."

This image is from the collection of 493 Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson, DFC, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A distinguished fighter pilot, Sqn Ldr Jackson served with No. 23 Squadron in Australia (1939), No. 3 Squadron in the Middle East (1940-1941), and No. 75 Squadron in Papua New Guinea (1942). He was killed in action on 28 April 1942 during a flying battle over Papua New Guinea and is buried in Bomana War Cemetery. Jackson International Airport, Port Moresby, commemorates him.

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