England. 1943-02-05. 402745 Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton, the RAAF's first VC winner in ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number SUK10496
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

England. 1943-02-05. 402745 Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton, the RAAF's first VC winner in this war, was buried with full military honours in a country churchyard near his station. Air Vice Marshal H. N. Wrigley represented the High Commissioner for Australia (Mr S. M. Bruce) and the RAAF.