Studio portrait of Corporal (Cpl) Ian Scott McDowall, Citizens' Military Force, of Galloways ...

Studio portrait of Corporal (Cpl) Ian Scott McDowall, Citizens' Military Force, of Galloways Hill, Qld. On 22 December 1941, he enlisted in the 2nd AIF. He served as a Private with 1 Parachute Maintenance Platoon, AAOC, with the service number QX26044, and later with 1 Base Sub Area Details Depot. On 18 September 1945 he, along with 28 others, was among the crew and patients on RAAF Dakota A65-61, which crashed in Papua New Guinea. The RAAF was transferring wounded servicemen from Indonesia to Townsville when the plane crashed. In June 2005 the wreckage and remains were recovered and a military funeral held later that year. Others lost on the aircraft were: 411069 Warrant Officer (WO) Arthur Jack Hunter, 38 Squadron, of Lambton, NSW; 414566 WO Albert Clifford Hughes, 38 Squadron, of Upper Mount Gravatt, Qld; 405949 WO Eric Wilkinson, 38 Squadron, of Booval, Qld; 412376 WO Allan Campbell, 38 Squadron of Mount George, NSW; 27141 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Keith Robert Wiles, 38 Squadron of Glandore, SA; 6188 Flt Sgt Allan George Sawry, 38 Squadron of Albion, NSW; 47042 Sgt Francis Leonard Henry Blackmore, 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit of West Hindmarsh, SA; 421110 Flying Officer (FO) Noel Royce Stibbard, 38 Squadron of Wollongong, NSW; 170241 Leading Aircraftman William Royce Dunderdale, 38 Squadron of Darra, Qld; 501399 Sister Marie Eileen Craig, 2 Medical Air Evacuation and Transport Unit of Drummoyne, NSW; QX4655 Lt Alun Morris Jones, 11 Australian Movement Control Group of Silkstone, Qld; NX88349 Lance Sgt Arthur John Hyde, 30 Works Company of Croydon, NSW; NX31956 Cpl George John Welch, 2/102 General Transport Company of Queanbeyan, NSW; NX108177 (N239150) Pte Keith John Bowden, 2/12 Battalion of Sans Souci, NSW; SX25862 (S47372) Pte Laurie Anthony Coombe, 2/4 Pioneer Battalion of Glandor, SA; QX54584 Pte John McAlorum, 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion of Red Hill, Qld; NX78164 Pte Mervyn John Ford, 2/31 Battalion of Parramatta, NSW; TX16004 (T102879) Pte Leonard Thomas Oakley, 2/31 Battalion of Burnie, Tas; NX203686 Pte Ian Thomas Lawler Ray, 2/31 Australian Infantry Battalion, of Ainslie, ACT; NX92958 Pte Donald William Smith, 2/31 Battalion of Milton, NSW; NX126131 (N268804) Pte James Ivan Tindall, 2/16 Battalion of Pambula, NSW; QX60848 (Q271474) Pte Arthur Trevor Jorgensen, 2/31 Battalion of Toowoomba, Qld; NX128663 (N350309) Sapper (Spr) John Matthews, 9 Works Company of Orange, NSW; NX204635 (N467417) Spr James Francis MacDougall, 5 Mechanical Equipment Company of Mayfield, NSW; QX60160 Trooper (Tpr) Ronald Leslie Mathiesen, 2/6 Cavalry Commando Squadron of Maryborough, Qld; QX28187 Tpr George Phillip Duffy, 2/5 Cavalry Commando Squadron of Augathella, Qld; NX114117 (N228055) Trooper Fredrick Joseph Ireland, 2/5 Cavalry Commando Squadron of Maroubra Junction, NSW; TX8234 Gunner Trevor John Eiszele, 2/8 Field Regiment of Hobart, Tas.

• Portrait of 411150 Sergeant (Sgt) John Campbell Lawrence of Sydney, NSW. Sgt Lawrence enlisted on ...
• Informal portrait of 402164 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Denis Russell Lawrence, DFC DFC(USA). Sqn ...
• Five members of 7th (Queensland) Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, resting after three ...
• Studio portrait of 1665 Sergeant Andrew Roderick McDowall, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (left); ...