P08800.001 Accession Number: P08800.001

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Studio portrait of 420565 Flight Sergeant, later Pilot Officer (PO) William Philip Revenall Hewitt, 630 Squadron RAF, of North Sydney, NSW. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney on 8 November 1941 . PO Hewitt died on operations whilst in a Lancaster JB 665 over Germany on 15 February 1944, aged 20. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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Accession Number
P08800.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
1941 - 1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Hewitt
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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