| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 004342 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Department of Information Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 10 December 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Departure of the ship 'Largs Bay' with the first party of RAAF members to complete their training ...
Description
Departure of the ship 'Largs Bay' with the first party of RAAF members to complete their training within Australia under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). Left to right are shown 402044 Pilot Officer (PO, later Flying Officer [FO]) William Wallace Anderson; 402060 PO (later FO) Sydney Douglas Marshall; 404077 PO (later FO) Geoffrey Lloyd Wells. FO Anderson was lost on operations over France with 258 Squadron, RAF on 18 June 1941. FO Marshall was lost on operations with 15 Squadron, RAF over the English Channel on 18 July 1941, while FO Wells was killed on operations over Holland with 99 Squadron RAF on 17 August 1941. FO Anderson and Marshall have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede memorial in Surrey, UK. FO Wells is buried in the Jonkerbos cemetery near Nymegen in the Netherlands.