| Accession Number | P11408.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Adamson, Edwin G |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c 12 July 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of RAAF recruits at No 1 Initial Training School. Left to right, back row: Leading ...
Description
Group portrait of RAAF recruits at No 1 Initial Training School. Left to right, back row: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Waters; 412016 LAC Donald St John Marshall (later Flying Officer); 412057 LAC John Allan Coyle (later Flying Officer); 412043 LAC David Claude Melville Walton (later Flight Sergeant and killed in action 24 August 1943); 412039 LAC Alan Richard Hammond Stone (later Flying Officer and died in an accident on 27 December 1944); 412055 LAC John Douglas Cameron (later Sergeant); 412066 LAC Conrad George Johnston (later Flight Sergeant and killed in action 22 January 1944); 411988 LAC Reginald Robert Bladwell (later Flying Officer); and 412046 LAC Edmund Woolcott (later Pilot Officer and killed in action 5 February 1944). Second row: LAC Brown; 412038 LAC Robert Harry Spring; 412030 LAC Jack Ray (later Flight Lieutenant); 412037 LAC French Smith (later Flight Lieutenant and awarded DSO and DFC); 412042 LAC Keith Richard Sursby Tymms (later Flying Officer); 412064 LAC Frederick Charles William Healey (later Flight Lieutenant and awarded DFC); 412067 LAC Reginald Peter Leehy (later Sergeant and killed in action 21 May 1943); 412012 LAC Carleton Kelly; 412027 LAC Thomas Frederic Parkes (later Flight Lieutenant); 412017 LAC Hilton Jack Meldrum (later Flight Sergeant); and 412025 LAC Robert Alexander Oppy (later died in an accident on 7 April 1942). Front row: 412059 LAC Douglas Dudley Devere; 411989 LAC Ernest William Godfrey Blocky; 412023 LAC Francis James Kelly (later Flight Lieutenant and awarded DFC); 412076 LAC Andrew McGill Waugh (later Warrant Officer); Sergeant (Sgt) Byrnes; 412045 LAC Leslie Howard Woodford (later Flight Lieutenant); unidentified LAC; 412074 LAC William John Steele (later Flying Officer); 412075 LAC Wilfred George Watkins (later Flight Sergeant); 412041 LAC Thomas Straker (later Sergeant and died in an accident on 1 February 1943).