PALESTINE. C. 1917. A GROUP OF SENIOR AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) OFFICERS KITTED OUT IN FLYING ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine
Accession Number P01184.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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PALESTINE. C. 1917. A GROUP OF SENIOR AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) OFFICERS KITTED OUT IN FLYING GEAR IN FRONT OF A BRISTOL FIGHTER A-7198 AIRCRAFT. LEFT TO RIGHT: MAJOR R. WILLIAMS DSO, OFFICER COMMANDING OF NO. 1 SQUADRON, AFC; GENERAL HARRY CHAUVEL; COLONEL NEWTON AND CAPTAIN (CAPT) SYD ADDISON. CAPT ADDISON, AFTER PROMOTION TO MAJOR, COMMANDED NO. 1 SQUADRON, AFC IN 1918. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR J. E. WORTH)