Studio portrait of 420009 Warrant Officer (WO) Launcelot 'Pat' Harrison, 463 Squadron, of Parkes, ...

Accession Number P03251.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Black & white, Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Black & white, Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 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

Studio portrait of 420009 Warrant Officer (WO) Launcelot 'Pat' Harrison, 463 Squadron, of Parkes, NSW. A farmer of Parkes, NSW, he enlisted in the RAAF on 10 October 1941 in Sydney, NSW, training in Victoria and then posted to Bradfield Park, NSW and Parkes, NSW. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, he was posted to the United States of America for a short period and then to England, where he retrained as a navigator. He was killed whilst on operations over France on 4 July 1944, aged 22.

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