002595 Accession Number: 002595

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STATE FUNERAL PREPARING TO LEAVE ST PAULS CATHEDRAL. TWO FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ARE BEING CARRIED FROM THE CATHEDRAL. THE FUNERAL WAS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A RAAF LOCKHEED HUDSON AT CANBERRA. THE EIGHT PEOPLE CONCERNED WERE BRIGADIER G.A. STREET (MINISTER FOR THE ARMY), GENERAL SIR BRUDENELL WHITE (CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF), LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. THORNTHWAITE (ARMY LIAISON OFFICER), MR J.V. FAIRBAIRN (MINISTER FOR AIR), SIR HENRY GULLETT (VICE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL), MR R.E. ELFORD (SECRETARY TO AIR MINISTER), FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R.E. HITCHCOCK, RAAF (AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN), PILOT OFFICER R.F. WIESENER, RAAF (SECOND PILOT).TWO OTHER RAAF CREW MEMBERS KILLED IN THE CRASH WERE CORPORAL J.F. PALMER WHO WAS BURIED AFTER A SEPARATE MELBOURNE CEREMONY AT ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL AND AIRCRAFTMAN C.J. CROSDALE WHO WAS BURIED AT CESSNOCK. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE)

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Accession Number
002595
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 3x4"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
15 August 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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