Portrait of Lieutenant W Hudson Fysh of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, standing in front of ...

Place Middle East
Accession Number P00342.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1918-1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Lieutenant W Hudson Fysh of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, standing in front of his Nieuport Scout aircraft. While serving as an observer with 1 Squadron in the Middle East during the First World War, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross; after the war he was allowed to qualify as a pilot (the period during which this photograph was taken). Lieutenant Fysh later went on to become the founder of Qantas and received his knighthood in 1953.