Collection relating to 415222 Ralph Trenham Bilsby RAAF

Accession Number AWM2020.626.3.6
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of ten members of the RAAF, RAF and RCAF. Back row, left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) Campbell, RAAF; unnamed; Sgt Breckles, RCAF (George Stanley Breckels, killed 19 April 1944 during an operation with No. 190 Squadron RAF in Netherlands); Sgt Redway, RAAF (413426 Thomas Edward Nagle Redway, killed 16 July 1943 during operations St Eval, England, No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF); Sgt Charlesworth, RAF and Sgt Buxton, RAAF (406992 Alfred William Buxton, killed in flying accident 8 September 1943, Leicestershire, England, 103 Squadron RAF). Front row: Flight Officer Metzler, RCAF (J/5666Harry Warren Metzler, killed 31 March 1944 during operations Falkenstein, Germany, 424 Squadron RCAF); Flight Lieutenant Harvey, RAF; unnamed RAF Pilot Officer and Warrant Officer Wood, RAF. (The surnames of most of the men are listed on the back of the print. The names in brackets are believed to be the full identifications of the men.)