P00731.006 Accession Number: P00731.006

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Group portrait of members of the third course of trainee pilots at the NSW State Aviation School in front of a Curtiss Jenny (JN) aircraft at Ham Common near Richmond. Left to right, back row: Alan Sydney Edwards, (ex 4th Battalion, AIF); N70059 Augustus 'Bob' Bargwanna, (formerly Mechanical Transport Section, Army Service Corps); Richard Henry Chester, Chief Mechanic, ex Central Flying School (CFS) Point Cook; William John Stutt, Chief Instructor, ex Royal Flying Corps (RFC), NSW Special Air Service (SAS); Henry George Murray, Assistant Instructor, ex 2nd Course, Richmond; 51054 Glenn Dobell, ex 1st Australian Light Horse; Douglas William Cullam, ex 12th Australian Light Horse, Gallipoli and 4 Squadron AFC; Cyril Charles Worboys, RFC. Front row: K Mathieson; James Herbert Crews (alias Herbert James Crews), AFC; Roger Sayer Fleming Nickoll (possibly to RAF/RNAS); Second Lieutenant George Viner Wicks, later AFC, killed in flying accident, Leighterton, England on 13 October 1918; Lewis George Cole (ex Lance Corporal 1st Battalion who returned to Australia in 1915)

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Accession Number
P00731.006
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Chester
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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