The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On 5 July 1945 Prime Minister John Curtin died at The Lodge in Canberra. After a short period of lying in state, his memorial service was held in King's Hall, Parliament House. His body was taken by gun carriage to RAAF Station Canberra and flown to his hometown of Perth on a RAAF Dakota A65-71.
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. AFTER
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. AFTER
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. SHOWN,
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. SHOWN,
CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. SHOWN,
The casket containing the body of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Curtin, is moved towards a RAAF Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft (A65-71, VH-CIN) on the tarmac at RAAF Base Fairbairn. The b
