Members of the RAAF standing on the deck of SS Mosfruit en route to the United Kingdom after ...

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Accession Number P02028.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made At sea
Date made June 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of the RAAF standing on the deck of SS Mosfruit en route to the United Kingdom after participating in the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada. Left to right: Dick Hooper, probably 400144 Flying Officer (FO, later Flight Lieutenant) Richard Chandler Hooper; 402148 FO Rodney Bainbridge Archer (lost on operations over North West Europe on 17 May 1942); 400153 FO Stanley Charles Mutimer (accidentally killed in Ceylon on 13 February 1943); Denny Lawrence, probably 402164 Squadron Leader Denis Russell Lawrence, DFC (see also P03557.003). Original print housed in the AWM Archive store.