Description
Informal portrait of 401265 Pilot Officer (PO) Fergus Alister Allan RAAF, of Melbourne, Victoria. PO Allan is wearing his observer's qualification brevet. PO Allan enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 January 1941. He trained as an air observer in South Australia before he went on to do operational training at 70 Operational Training Unit RAF, in Nakuru, Kenya. On 23 January 1942, Pilot Officer Allan was killed in a training accident, alongside two other crew members. He is buried at Nakuru North Cemetery, Kenya.
Details
Accession Number
AWM2019.1052.2
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 140 mm x 86 mm
Date Made
August 1941 - January 1942
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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Conflicts