Description
Group portrait of members of an RAAF group. Identified left to right: back row: Sergeants (Sgts) 404182 Harold Fawcett McKay (later Flying Officer (FO)); 404261 Francis Gerard (Gerry) Poulton (later Warrant Officer (WO)); 404251 John Kirkpatrick Morris (later died in a flying accident on 14 April 1942 whilst attached to 102 Squadron RAF); 404253 Graham Victor Mountseer (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)); 404264 John Shannon (later attached to 455 Squadron RAAF and killed on operations over Hamburg, Germany, on 30 November 1941); 2nd row: -Sgts 404249 Hardy Caldwell Kerr (later 118 Sqn RAF and killed on operations on 29 January 1942); 404269 Gordon Russell Tweedale (later Pilot Officer, 185 Sqn RAF killed on operations over Malta on 9 May 1942); Brian James Treloar (later WO); 404246 Sergeant Alexander Hollingworth (later 102 Sqn RAF and lost on operations over UK on 6 January 1942); 404434 Allan John Slaughter, RAAF (later attached to Royal Air Force Station, Defford, United Kingdom, and died accidentally on 16 July 1943). Front row: PO Richard Charles Burke (later Squadron Leader); 404257 Cecil Terrence (Terry) O'Brien (later FO with 459 Squadron and lost on operations over the Middle East on 10 July, 1942); 404240 Sgt Hubert Thomas Freeman (later PO with 155 Sqn RAF and killed over India on 20 April 1943); 404323 PO Herbert John (Jack) Broad (later Squadron Leader); 404230 William David Blackstock (later FO with 459 Squadron and lost on operations over the Mediterranean Sea on 15 June, 1942).
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Unknown Australian Official Photographer
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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