Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC of No. 22 Squadron RAAF. Newton was awarded ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Accession Number 106584A
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC of No. 22 Squadron RAAF. Newton was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. He was executed by being beheaded by the Japanese on 29 March 1943 after being shot down over Salamaua.