The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-03-23. PORTRAIT OF 419018 SERGEANT R. C. DUNSTAN, THE RAAF'S ONE LEGGED AIR GUNNER AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ. AT AGE SEVENTEEN, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE AIF AND IN 1940-10 WAS SERVING IN PALESTINE. AMONG THE FIRST TROOPS TO ENTER BARDIA, HE WAS ON A NIGHT RECONNAISSANCE TOWARDS TOBRUK WHEN HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE KNEE. FIFTEEN OPERATIONS FAILED TO SAVE HIS LEG AND IT HAD TO BE AMPUTATED, AFTER WHICH HE WAS INVALIDED OUT OF THE ARMY 1942-02. BY 1942-06 HE WAS IN THE RAAF AND HE IS NOW A FULLY QUALIFIED SERGEANT AIR GUNNER SERVING IN THE UK.
LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-09. 419018 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. C. DUNSTAN, FRANKST0N, VIC, LEANING AGAINST THE REAR TURRET OF "D2" FOR DONALD, A LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF OF BOMBER COM
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1944-03-30. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL DESIGNATE OF AUSTRALIA ATTENDED A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THE BOOMERANG CLUB AT AUSTRALIA HOUSE AND ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF THE RAAF
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-09-30. PORTRAIT OF 419018 PILOT OFFICER R. C. DUNSTAN, FRANKSTON, VIC, AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO LOST A LEG WHILE SERVING WITH THE AIF IN NORTH AFRICA. FOLLOWING RECUPERATION AND
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-09-30. PORTRAIT OF 419018 PILOT OFFICER R. C. DUNSTAN, DSO, FRANKSTON, VIC, AT RAAF OVERSEAS HQ, WHO LOST A LEG WHILE SERVING WITH THE AIF IN NORTH AFRICA. FOLLOWING RECUPERATION
Newsreel item on Flying Officer Roberts Christian Dunstan, DSO, the one-legged rear gunner of Mount Eliza, Victoria, stepping from the Spirit of Progress on his arrival at Spencer Street railway stati
Photograph of the funeral of Allan Bird. Collection relating to 26885 Sergeant Bartholomew William Simon. A South Australian electrician in civilian life, Simon enlisted in the RAAF on 25 June 1940.