P08970.001 Accession Number: P08970.001

Description

Studio portrait of 404956 Flying Officer (FO) John Edward Coates, RAAF, pilot of 106 Squadron, RAF, of Rockhampton, Qld . A farmer prior to enlistment from Brisbane on 5 January 1941. FO Coates died on operations in a Lancaster R 5678; over Dusseldorf-Oberkassel, Germany on 16 August 1942, aged 30. He is buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

Details

Accession Number
P08970.001
Photographer
Unknown
Photographer
H Noel Maitland
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor D Coates
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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