The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Captain Henry Douglas Eyre Ralfe, from Sydney, NSW. He 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 Australian Flying Corps (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.] On the right is Lieutenant Aitken who had not been further identified.
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 serve
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
ENGLAND. C. 1917. LIEUTENANT J.M. WALKER, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), IN THE COCKPIT OF A DH4 AIRCRAFT AT YATESBURY, WHICH WAS THE SITE OF EARLY TRAINING FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE AFC. (ORIGINAL PRIN
YATESBURY, ENGLAND. C. 1917. LIEUTENANT NORMAN B. CORKHILL, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), AND A FRIENDLY DOG CALLED JOCK ON A SNOW COVERED AIRFIELD. (ORIGINAL PRINTS HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR
YATESBURY, ENGLAND. C. 1917. LIEUTENANT NORMAN B. CORKHILL, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), IN THE COCKPIT OF A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY RE8 AIRCRAFT. (ORIGINAL PRINTS HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR M