Accession Number | P03783.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Date made | c 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal outdoors portrait of 401334 Flight Officer (FO) Stanley Charles Youl, RAAF of Melbourne, ...
Description
Informal outdoors portrait of 401334 Flight Officer (FO) Stanley Charles Youl, RAAF of Melbourne, Vic, possibly taken in Italy. FO Youl enlisted in the RAAF on 1 February 1941 and was then posted to RAF 450 Squadron. At the time of his death on 28 August 1944 he was posted to HQMAAF. He died in a flying battle over Italy aged 26 years.