| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Williamtown |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P02010.005 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Williamtown |
| Date made | 14 November 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of members of No. 22 Beaufighter Pilots Training Course RAAF. Identified from left ...
Description
Group portrait of members of No. 22 Beaufighter Pilots Training Course RAAF. Identified from left to right, back row: Pilot Officer (PO) Curtis; 401805 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Kenneth Michael Abbott Smith; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bill Hosking; 410932 Warrant Officer (WO) Stanley Ernest Leviston; 436520 Flt Sgt Raymond Bertram Hitchen; 415606 PO Milton Peter Bamman (later FO); 432524 PO Alan Leask (later FO); 432236 Flt Sgt Lerryn William (Bill) Mutton.
Second row: 403886 FO James Stuart Addison; 406737 Flt Lt Vernon Storry; 433291 FO Kenneth Mason Bond; 27709 FO Colin Charles Taplin (later Flt Lt and served in Korean War); 408755 Flt Lt Campbell Ernest Redenbach (later squadron leader); 407442 Flt Lt John Norman Muir McFarlane; 38040 WO John Lessels; 430177 Flt Sgt Ivor Russell Le Maistre (killed in an accident at Williamtown, NSW on 13 December 1944); 428425 Flt Sgt Graeme John McLeod; 415214 Flt Sgt Cyril John Chiffings (later FO).
Front row: 400491 Flt Lt Leigh Rule; WO Champion; 400946 Flt Lt Arthur Louis Warner; 407471 Flt Lt Laurence Roy Watson; 428054 FO Murray Scarr (later lost on flying operations over the Celebes with No 30 Squadron on 17 February 1945); 2631 Squadron Leader Jack Holloway (lost on flying operations over the Celebes with No 22 Squadron on 27 February 1945); 407995 Flt Lt Colin Bentley Arbon (lost on flying operations over the Netherland East Indies on 4 April 1945); 422585 WO Graham Lister Laurence (later FO).