Portrait of 260608 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Harold Graham Pockley RAAF, DFC and Bar of ...

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Accession Number NEA0571
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Cairns
Date made 26 September 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of 260608 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Harold Graham Pockley RAAF, DFC and Bar of Randwick, NSW. He was renowned for his submarine hunting exploits over the Atlantic while skipper of a Sunderland flying boat. When photographed, Sqn Ldr Pockley was serving with No. 41 Sea Transport Squadron RAAF, flying Martin Mariner flying boats between Australian and Dutch New Guinea bases. He went missing, and was presumed killed on 25 March 1945 in the Borneo area, while commanding 200 flight RAAF (Liberators). He is commemorated on the Labuan memorial, and has no known grave.