| Places | |
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| Accession Number | P06783.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Group portrait of a crew of No. 625 Squadron RAF. Identified second from right is 429491 Flight ...
Description
Group portrait of a crew of No. 625 Squadron RAF. Identified second from right is 429491 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Neal Earl Parker, RAAF attached to 625 Squadron RAF; all others are unidentified. A native of Charters Towers, Qld, Parker worked as a school teacher prior to enlisting on 8 October 1942. After completing his training at Bradfield Park, NSW, he was posted to the United Kingdom in May 1943. While serving as an Air Gunner with 625 Squadron RAF, Flt Sgt Parker was listed as missing officially presumed dead, aged 21, when his aircraft failed to return from an operation targeting Mailly Le Camp, France, on 4 May 1944. His name is commemorated on Poivres Churchyard Memorial, France.