P07615.001 Accession Number: P07615.001

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Studio portrait of 412789 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Alfred Charles Wiltshire RAAF, 142 Squadron RAF, of Melbergen, via Hillston, NSW. A student prior to enlistment, Flt Sgt Wiltshire trained as a pilot in Australia and Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). On 5 August 1943 Flt Sgt Wiltshire, aged 21, was killed during operations over Messina, Italy.

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Accession Number
P07615.001
Photographer
Freeman
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Lyons
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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