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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 photographer prior to enlisting on 23 October 1916 as 944 Private Sell, he was then designated as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class. He embarked for overseas with No 4 Squadron Headquarters from Melbourne on 17 January 1917 aboard RMS Omrah. After arriving in England, he undertook further training that lead to promotion and on 20 December 1917 he was commissioned as a Flying Officer (Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) in AIF). In March 1918 he joined No 3 Squadron AFC in France. This squadron was the first Australian flying unit to arrive on the Western Front and operated against the German Spring Offensive of March 1918. It was during these operations that 2nd Lt Sell was shot down on 25 March 1918 and died later that day of his wounds. He is buried in the Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France. [See also image P00826.048]
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
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
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
UNITED KINGDOM. C. 1917. AN ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH TWO SEATER TRAINING AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY 90 HORSE POWER ENGINE. A FEW OF THESE AIRCRAFT WERE USED BY NO 3 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN
ENGLAND. C. 1917. LIEUTENANT N.B. CORKHILL WHO LATER ON 1918-10-20 JOINED NO 4 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS, IN FRANCE AS ARMAMENT OFFICER. (ORIGINAL PRINTS HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR M. C
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
