010902 Accession Number: 010902

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Three RAAF pilots with considerable service in the Middle East. Left to right: 386 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Alan Charles Rawlinson DFC; 456 Flt Lt Lindsay Eric Shaw Knowles, and 035436 Squadron Leader Peter Jeffrey DFC, all of 3 Squadron, RAAF. Flt Lt Knowles was lost on operations on 22 November, 1941 while flying in the Middle East. He is buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery located 25 kilometres west of Tobruk in Libya.

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Accession Number
010902
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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