Group portrait of 400835 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) John Thomas Robert, East Malvern, Vic, ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1730
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Date made 29 October 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

Group portrait of 400835 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) John Thomas Robert, East Malvern, Vic, briefing pilots of No.22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF in the open air before they leave on a strike against Japanese installations. Flt Lt Robert was accidentally killed during a test flight in New Guinea on 20 January 1945; he is buried in the Lae War Cemetery.