Accession Number | P03251.015 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 423845 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon McMaster, RAAF, of Burwood, NSW ...
Description
Studio portrait of 423845 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon McMaster, RAAF, of Burwood, NSW (orignally of Bogun Gate, NSW). A lathe worker prior to enlisting in Sydney, NSW, on 18 July 1942, he trained as a rear gunner and embarked for England to join 15 Squadron, RAF. He was fatally wounded during his tenth Lancaster flight over Germany on 20 February 1944, aged 25. He is buried at North Cemetery, Jean Field, near Leipzig, Germany.