Sir Clive Baillieu, Director General of British Purchasing Commission has just pinned “Wings” on ...

Sir Clive Baillieu, Director General of British Purchasing Commission has just pinned “Wings” on Australian airmen (all Leading Aircraftmen [LAC]) in Canada, probably at Uplands Airbase in Ottawa. Left to right:, 400637 (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Robert Lorraine Melville of Croydon, Vic ((lost on operations over Denmark on 16 July 1942); 400689 (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]) Robert Wilson Baxter of Albury, NSW (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 7 August 1942); 402724 (later Flying Officer [FO]) Edwin Hanlon Brown of Tara, Qld (lost on operations over Algeria on 5 May 1943); 402804 LAC Milton Jeffrey Moore (later Wing Commander Moore DFC); 402732 (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) William Ronald Cundy of Scone, NSW; D. McKenzie of Bondi, NSW; E.E. Green (probably 402795 Flt Lt Errol Edward Green of Clarence River, NSW); Squadron Leader Gordon MC (250854 [later Wing Commander]) John Rutherford Gordon MC ; 402821 (later PO) Archie Thomas Little of Narrandera, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 3 July 1943); Sir Clive Baillieu; E. I. Bloomfield of Manly, NSW; 402788 (later Flt Lt) Graeme Frank Combes of Lavender Bay, NSW; R. B. Smith of Bowral, NSW; 402798 (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]) David Kilgour Lloyd of Hamilton, Vic (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 12 April 1942); 402813 (later Flt Sgt) Leonard David Watson of Casino, NSW (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 20 March 1943); 404555 (later Flt Lt) Gordon Sweeny of Dorrigo, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 22 October 1943); W. W. Bleasing (probably 404648 Squadron Leader William Walter Blessing [DSO, DFC]) of Braidwood. NSW (lost on operations over France on 7 July 1944).