| Places | |
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| Accession Number | AWM2017.555.1 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Eklund, Karl Hugo |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lindfield, Canada, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1941 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Eklund, Karl Hugo (Sergeant, b.1921 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404887 Karl Hugo “Bill” Eklund, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and England, 1941.
Collection consists of four letters from Sergeant Eklund to members of his family, written between early 1941 and 1 November 1941.
In his first two letters, written to his mother and father from the training school he attended at Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Eklund shares about his life at the camp, exam results, leave, and the possibility of visiting home. He also comments the life in the Royal Australian Air force is very good- as long as one observes the rules.
Eklund’s second two letters, addressed to his sister Maureen, were written from Air Force training units in Canada and England. In them, Eklund responds to news from home, including the birth of his nephew, and shares about aspects of his life as a pilot in training, including marching in a parade, plans for leave, and being the first in his course to fly solo.
Karl Hugo Eklund was shot down over the English Channel and killed on 24 February 1942, aged 21.