The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor portrait of officers identified as Lieutenants J M Walker and Brett and Captain (Capt) Henry Douglas Eyre Ralfe, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) from Sydney, NSW (on the right). Capt Ralfe served in the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery from 1911 and gained his Aviators' Certificate (No 1419) at the Central Flying School on 12 May 1915. He enlisted in the AIF at the age of 25 on 21 May 1915 and was appointed a Lieutenant in the Siege Artillery Brigade [see image PB1402]. He embarked for overseas from Melbourne on 17 July 1915 aboard HMAT Orsova and after serving with the Artillery in Egypt, he was promoted to Captain and transferred to England on 10 August 1916 for duties with the AFC. On 16 December 1916 he was transferred to No 69 Squadron AFC to be the Flight Commander. Captain Ralfe was killed in action in France on 6 May 1918 and is buried in the Vignacourt British Cemetery, France. [See also image DAD0001.]
Outdoor portrait of two officers of the Australian Flying Corps, probably at Yatesbury, UK. A Royal Aircraft Factory BE2E aircraft undergoing repair stands behind them. Identified on the left is Capta
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Henry Douglas Eyre Ralfe, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery (RAGA), in the cockpit of a Bristol Biplane at the Central Flying School at Werribee, Victoria. Lt Ralfe, from
A Bristol Biplane flown by Lieutenant (Lt) Henry Douglas Eyre Ralfe, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery (RAGA), above the Central Flying School at Werribee, Victoria. Lt Ralfe, from Sydney, served in
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant Leslie Simeon John Sell, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) from Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria standing in front of an Armstrong Whitworth training aircraft. A 25 year old
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant Leslie Simeon John Sell, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) from Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria beside a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 two seat reconnaissance aircraft. A 25 y
COLOGNE, GERMANY. C. 1919-01. LIEUTENANTS E.A. COLLINS, E.J. RICHARDS, CAPTAIN J.W. WRIGHT, LIEUTENANTS S. (DUTCHIE) HOWARD AND O. (LAMPY) LAMPLOUGH, OF NO 4 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, AT STAD
