Portrait of 404770 Sergeant Elston John 'Jack' Quirk, 450 Squadron RAAF

Place Africa: Sudan, Khartoum
Accession Number AWM2022.1338.4
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made Sudan: Khartoum
Date made c December 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

Portrait of 404770 Sergeant Elston John 'Jack' Quirk, 450 Squadron RAAF. Quirk worked as a grazier before the war, enlisted in 15 Light Horse Regiment in 1939 and then transfered on 8 November 1940 to the RAAF. He was presumed to have been shot down near Alexandria on 22 May 1942.