Accession Number | 002594 |
---|---|
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted) |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 15 August 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
STATE FUNERAL ARRIVING AT ST PAULS CATHEDRAL. A FLAG DRAPED COFFIN IS BEING CARRIED TOWARDS THE ...
STATE FUNERAL ARRIVING AT ST PAULS CATHEDRAL. A FLAG DRAPED COFFIN IS BEING CARRIED TOWARDS THE CATHEDRAL ENTRANCE. THE FUNERAL WAS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A RAAF LOCKHEED HUDSON AT CANBERRA. THE EIGHT PEOPLE CONCERNED WERE BRIGADIER G.A. STREET (MINISTER FOR THE ARMY), GENERAL SIR BRUDENELL WHITE (CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF), LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. THORNTHWAITE (ARMY LIAISON OFFICER), MR J.V. FAIRBAIRN (MINISTER FOR AIR), SIR HENRY GULLETT (VICE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL), MR R.E. ELFORD (SECRETARY TO AIR MINISTER), FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.E. HITCHCOCK, RAAF (AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN), PILOT OFFICER R.F. WIESENER, RAAF (SECOND PILOT).TWO OTHER RAAF CREW MEMBERS KILLED IN THE CRASH WERE CORPORAL J.F. PALMER WHO WAS BURIED AFTER A SEPARATE MELBOURNE CEREMONY AT ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL AND AIRCRAFTMAN C.J. CROSDALE WHO WAS BURIED AT CESSNOCK. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE)