The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Left to right: 405246 Flying Officer (later Flight Lieutenant [Fl Lt]) John Albert Kirby DFM, 460 Squadron RAAF, of Murwillumbah, NSW; Flight Lieutenant R.M. Newitt DFC, Vancouver, Canada, RCAF; 405173 FO Anthony Thomas Covacevich DFC, 8 Squadron RAF, of Innisfail, Qld, at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. FL Lt Kirby was killed in a training accident with 460 Squadron when his aircraft crashed near Witchford, Cambridge, UK on 30 April 1944. He is buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery.
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-11-09. OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE ON THE OCCASION OF AN INVESTITURE. LEFT TO RIGHT: 403931 FLYING OFFICER (FO) C. W. A. KERR, SYDNEY, NSW; FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. M. NEWITT DFC, VANC
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1944-03-17. FOUR RAAF DECORATION WINNERS WITH A FRIEND OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER AN INVESTITURE. LEFT TO RIGHT: 401246 FLYING OFFICER (FO) I. R. RICHARDSON DFM, MELBOURNE, VIC;
Australian airmen, left to right: 405263 Pilot Officer (PO) Verdun Richard Stephens DFM, 97 Squadron, RAF of Brisbane, Qld; 403803 PO Peter Louis Elliott DFM, 61 Squadron, RAF of Dungog, NSW; 402601 F
LONDON, ENGLAND. 1944-03-28. FLYING OFFICER (FO) D. C. CAMERON DFM, ACTON, LONDON, RAF; 413068 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. B. YOUNG DFM, MATRAVILLE, NSW; FO A. YOUNG DFM, OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, RAF; OUTSIDE BUC
After receiving his award from King George VI at an investiture at Buckingham Palace, is 414015 Pilot Officer (PO, later Flying Officer [FO]) Allan Thomas Fitzpatrick DFM of 460 Squadron, RAAF of Mary
London, England. C. 1945-11. RAAF officers 416092 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) B. A. Connor DFC and Bar of Adelaide, SA (left); 402940 Wing Commander A. V. Willis DFC DFM of Sydney, NSW (centre) and 414
