Group portrait of members of 3 Course Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) at Point Cook after they ...

Accession Number P03738.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Date made c December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of members of 3 Course Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) at Point Cook after they had received their Wings. Identified, left to right: back row: A G Murray of SA; J R Hopton of SA; J M Forbes of SA; R B Nash of WA; W W Meecham of WA; R M Muirhead of SA; K R Milne of SA; R A Stott of SA; K Brian I Smith of SA; John Ridgeway Sturm of Seaton Park, SA (later Flight Lieutenant, accidentally killed at Merauke whilst serving with 452 Squadron RAAF). Second row: Ian Bruce Blacker of Edillilie, via Port Lincoln, SA (later Sergeant, died accidentally on 14 October 1941 whilst serving with 6 Service Flying Training School (6SFTS) at Mallala, SA; A L Watts of SA; R A Provost of WA; A J Williams of SA; John Percy Raffen of Hilton, SA, (later Flying Officer, killed in action on 30 December 1943 in Italy whilst serving with 3 Squadron RAAF); P S Ambrose of SA; C L Hargrave of SA; John Venn of Perth, WA (later Flying Officer, killed in action at Ambon on 13 May 1942 whilst a member of 2 Squadron RAAF); R A Dickson of SA; Ben Weston of WA. Front row: C R Sealy of SA; R B Cameron of SA; D H Hopton of SA; C S Walsh of WA; J H Haynes of WA; Harry Thompson Green of Adelaide,SA (later Flying Officer, accidentally killed in Victoria whilst serving with 1 Service Flying Training School (1SFTS) on 19 November 1941); R T Clark of SA; J H Hastwell of SA; R V Pfeiffer of SA; V C Connell of WA; G S Cuming of WA; R P Sudlow of WA.