Photograph of Corporal W. Hudson Fysh of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment and the 1st ...

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Accession Number P00342.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made c. 1914-1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Photograph of Corporal W. Hudson Fysh of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment and the 1st Australian Light Horse Machine-Gun Squadron. Fysh later transferred to the Australian Flying Corps as an observer, gaining the rank of Lieutenant on No. 1 Squadron. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and after the war was allowed to qualify as a pilot. He later went on to become the founder of Qantas and received his knighthood in 1953.