| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01274.004 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island |
| Date made | September 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of air crew of `A' Flight, No 30 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron's ...
Description
Group portrait of air crew of `A' Flight, No 30 Squadron RAAF in front of one of the Squadron's Beaufighter aircraft on Vivigani Airfield. The navigators are standing behind the pilots. Identified from left to right standing: 1433 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Edward Burford ‘Ted’ Morris-Hadwell (later Flying Officer (FO) and killed on flying operations over Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea on 11 October 1943); Flt Sgt Donald Henry West (later FO); FO William Silias ‘Bill’ Coleman (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)); 43251 Sergeant (Sgt) Kenneth Grahame Delbridge (later Flt Sgt); 5822 Warrant Officer (WO) Charles Gregory ‘Greg’ Hardman (later Flt Lt); 5804 Pilot Officer (PO) Peter John White (later Flt Lt); 33514 Sgt Stanley Frederick Lutwyche (later Flt Lt); 1455 PO Clive James Cooke (later Flt Lt); 267209 PO Arthur George Hodges (later Flt Lt and died in an aircraft accident off Evans Head, NSW on 10 November 1944); 23329 Sgt Verdun Charles `Bunny' Gollan (later WO): 40375 Sgt Donald Malcolm Miller (later FO).
Seated: 3406 Flt Lt Derrick Robert Stone (later killed on flying operations over Rabaul on 11 October 1943); 407579 FO Leonard Raymond Hastwell (later Flt Lt); FO Bob Mills, 415044 FO Keith Gervase Nicholson (later Flt Lt); 260773 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Eric Maurice Ball, Flight Commander; 281731 Flt Lt Arthur Alexander Thompson (later Sqn Ldr and awarded DFC); 400084 Flt Lt Peter Norman Maberly Fisher; 406860 PO John Middleton McRobbie (later Flt Lt); 415256 FO Graeme Hunt (later Flt Lt) 401987 FO Edward Moore Marron (later Flt Lt and awarded DFC); Sgt Charles Harris.