The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
Group Portrait of No 8 Squadron RAAF, "C" Flight. Front Row (L to R): 559 Flying Officer (FO) (later Sqn Ldr, DFC) Ronald Widmer; 620 FO (later Sqn Ldr) William James Hoddinott; 250658 FO (later Sqn
Within ten days, No. 450 Squadron RAAF flying Kittyhawk (Kittybomber) aircraft from an Italian base, damaged or sank 20,000 tons of enemy shipping. One of their biggest successes was the sinking of a
Group portrait of officers who took part in an armament camp held for 78 Fighter Wing RAAF at the RAF Station in Cyprus. Identified left to right - back row: Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Jack Cannon of
Group portrait of members of “Y” Flight, No. 15 Course, Advanced Training Squad, No. 4 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), RAAF. This was one of several courses held at Geraldton, WA between Septe
Group portrait of members of 462 Squadron RAAF who flew Halifax bombers as Counter Radar measures to perplex the German radars. Back Row: Left to right: 428018 Flying Officer (FO) Henry Robert Anderso
Group portrait of members of No. 21 Beaufighter Pilots Training Course RAAF at Williamtown, NSW. Identified from left to right, back row: Flying Officer (FO) A Davies; 408882 Warrant Officer (WO) Fran
