Description
Studio portrait of 409289 Flying Officer (FO) Noel George Burnell, 23 Squadron RAAF. A clerk of Berri, SA, Burnell enlisted on 15 August 1941. FO Burnell was killed in New Guinea whilst on operations on 24 February 1944, aged 21. He is commemorated at the Lae Memorial, Papua New Guinea. This image is taken from "The Ivanarian", a magazine of the Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Vic. During the Second World War the school honoured "old boys" who had enlisted and died by including a short biographical piece and in many cases a portrait.
Details
Accession Number
P08703.029
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Credit Line
Donor I Buckley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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