The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
London, England. 1944-01-11. Pilot Officer R. C. Dunstan DSO from Mount Eliza, Vic, who lost his leg while serving with the Australian Army during the preliminary attack on Tobruk. He was sent home to Australia and invalided out of the Army. He managed to re-enlist with the RAAF and served as a rear-gunner with No. 460 Squadron RAAF. After finishing a bombing tour, he went to instructing. He broadcast a talk about his impressions of the two Services, Army and Air Force, in the Pacific Service of the BBC.
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
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
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. 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
London, England. C. 1944-04-18. Flying Officer (FO) R. C. Dunstan, RAAF, from Cranfield, Vic, received the DSO from King George VI at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. FO Dunstan lost a leg whilst
London, England. 1944-01-17. Squadron Leader J. P. Bartle DFC, RAAF, from Waroona, WA, who served with the Desert Air Forces from 1941 until the end of 1943. He did two operational tours in support of
