| Accession Number | P04626.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Adamson, Edwin G |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of attendees at the RAAF No 1 Initial Training School, No 4 Pilot Course 1940 held ...
Description
Group portrait of attendees at the RAAF No 1 Initial Training School, No 4 Pilot Course 1940 held at Somers, Vic. Identified left to right: Back Row: 400217 Flying Officer (FO) Gerard Maurice Leslie (Maurie) Doube, DFC, of Hampton, Vic; 400201 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) John (Jack) Hosking, from Fremantle, WA; 400214 Flight Sergeant (F Sgt) Walter Ernest (Wally) Waites, DFM; 400195 FO Athol Charles (Jim) Robinson, of Melton, Vic; 400206 Flt Lt Frank Hudson McDonald, of Tamworth NSW; 407188 LAC Ernest Donald (Don) Westwood, of Adelaide, SA; 407186 Flt Lt Reginald Albany Stott, of Adelaide, SA; 407165 Sqn Ldr Victor Cashmore, DFC, of Adelaide SA. Middle Row: 400199 Flt Lt Walter Edward Victor Boud, of Prahran Vic, (AFC); 400210 Flt Lt Douglas Albert Cliff (Doug) Rogers of Melbourne, Vic (brother of Colin Rogers); 400204 FO Harry Horwood Lawson, of Castlemaine, Vic, who was accidentally killed, in Fifeshire, Scotland on 29 November 1941; 400209 Sergeant (Sgt) Colin Lindsay (Col) Rogers (brother of Doug Rogers), who was killed on 14 September 1941 in the Middle East during a flying battle; 400215 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Kenneth Pryce (Ken) Wilson; 407167 LAC Graham George Elliott, of Glenelg, SA; 400202 Sgt Gordon Stewart Howiss, of Hawthorn Vic, who was killed on 26 January 1942 in Malaya during a flying battle; 400207 Flt Lt Kenneth Neal (Ken) McDonald, of Hawthorn, Vic, DFC. Front Row: 400203 Flt Lt Albert Edward Kelsall from Kew, Vic; 400216 Flt Lt Selwyn Ewart Wilton, of Garden Vale, Vic; 400213 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Keith William (Bluey) Truscott, of Melbourne Vic, DFC and Bar, who died accidentally on 28 March 1943 at Exmouth Gulf, WA; 8974 Sgt Edward Albert (Eddie) Reeves; 400212 Flt Sgt George Windsor (Geo) Sayer, of Melbourne, Vic, who was killed on 23 September 1942 in New Guinea; 407160 Flt Lt Peter Searle Ambrose, of Adelaide, SA, DFC; 400211 Sgt Joseph Henry (Hal) Rogerson, of Colac, Vic, who died accidentally on 17 January 1942 in the United Kingdom; 400198 Sgt William Alexander McMeekin Allen, of Armadale, Vic, who died on 11 April 1942 in the Lincolnshire, United Kingdom during a flying battle. Members of the training school but absent from the photograph were; 400205 LAC Patrick Michael (Pat) Lourey, of Picton NSW; J P McDonnell and 400200 LAC Peter Fraser.