Group portrait of Pilots on No. 8 Navigation Reconnaissance Course, RAAF held at Laverton, ...

Group portrait of Pilots on No. 8 Navigation Reconnaissance Course, RAAF held at Laverton, Victoria, Australia between 13 May 1940 and 12 August 1940.
Left to right: back row:
260624 Pilot Officer (PO) William Vyner Duckett White (later Flight Lieutenant (Fl Lt) White DFC). A company manager, PO White enlisted in the RAAF on 30 January 1940 at Mascot, NSW. While assigned to No. 2 Squadron, Flt Lt White was captured by the Japanese in Ambon and executed on 20 February 1942. He is commemorated with honour on the Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia; 607 PO Richard Frederick Wiesener. An accountant prior to enlisting in the RAAF on 8 January 1940 at Mascot, NSW, PO Wiesener died on 13 August 1940, in a flying accident, in the Australian Capital Territory while attached to No. 2 Squadron. His remains were cremated in the Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 260612 (later O21919) PO Robert Nixon Dalkin (later Group Captain (Gp Capt) Dalkin, DFC) enlisted in the RAAF on 8 January 1940 at Mascot, NSW. Post war he continued to serve in the RAAF. He was discharged on 4 July 1968 while posted to the Department of Air, Canberra. 625 PO Henry Theodore Skillman. An accountant prior to enlisting on 8 January 1940 at Essendon, Vic, PO Skillman died in a flying accident near Lapstone, NSW, on 28 January 1941 while attached to No. 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes, NSW. His remains were cremated in the Rookwood Crematorium, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; PO Ron Comfort (not identified);
Front Row:
260646 PO Peter Fowler (later Fl Lt Fowler) enlisted in the RAAF on 8 January 1940 at Mascot, NSW. Post war he remained with the RAAF and was discharge on 31 January 1946 while posted to No. 1 Squadron; PO Barry Hock (not identified); 290611 PO Harold Roy Croker (later Squadron Leader Croker) enlisted in the RAAF on 19 January 1940, at Pearce, WA. Post war he remained with the RAAF and was discharge on 28 September 1945 while posted to No. 32 Squadron; 622 (later O3106) PO Noel Thomas Quinn (later Gp Capt Quinn DFC and Bar) enlisted in the RAAF on 4 September 1939 at Muswellbrook, NSW. Post war he remained in the RAAF and was discharged on 16 February 1971, while posted to the Department of Air, Canberra, PO Lynne Hunt (not identified); 609 (later O3105) PO Paul Maxwell George Metzler (later Wing Commander Metzler) enlisted in the RAAF on 1 July 1938 at Launceston, Tas. Post war he remained with the RAAF and was discharged on 4 March 1959 while posted to RAAF Headquarters, Laverton, Vic.