The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sir Clive Baillieu, Director General of British Purchasing Commission has just pinned “Wings” on Australian airmen (all Leading Aircraftmen [LAC]) in Canada, probably at Uplands Airbase in Ottawa. Left to right:, 400637 (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Robert Lorraine Melville of Croydon, Vic ((lost on operations over Denmark on 16 July 1942); 400689 (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]) Robert Wilson Baxter of Albury, NSW (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 7 August 1942); 402724 (later Flying Officer [FO]) Edwin Hanlon Brown of Tara, Qld (lost on operations over Algeria on 5 May 1943); 402804 LAC Milton Jeffrey Moore (later Wing Commander Moore DFC); 402732 (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) William Ronald Cundy of Scone, NSW; D. McKenzie of Bondi, NSW; E.E. Green (probably 402795 Flt Lt Errol Edward Green of Clarence River, NSW); Squadron Leader Gordon MC (250854 [later Wing Commander]) John Rutherford Gordon MC ; 402821 (later PO) Archie Thomas Little of Narrandera, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 3 July 1943); Sir Clive Baillieu; E. I. Bloomfield of Manly, NSW; 402788 (later Flt Lt) Graeme Frank Combes of Lavender Bay, NSW; R. B. Smith of Bowral, NSW; 402798 (later Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]) David Kilgour Lloyd of Hamilton, Vic (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 12 April 1942); 402813 (later Flt Sgt) Leonard David Watson of Casino, NSW (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 20 March 1943); 404555 (later Flt Lt) Gordon Sweeny of Dorrigo, NSW (lost on operations over Germany on 22 October 1943); W. W. Bleasing (probably 404648 Squadron Leader William Walter Blessing [DSO, DFC]) of Braidwood. NSW (lost on operations over France on 7 July 1944).
A group of airmen from New South Wales recently received their wings at No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Mcleod Alberta as Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Iden
New South Wales graduates of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Left to right: 403388 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Douglas Wells (lost on operations over Scotland on July 16 1943), 403663 Flying Officer (FO) Ri
Group portrait of members of RAAF No.4 Course, Service Flying Training School. All thirty two graduated as pilots with an average age of twenty one to twenty two years. Left to right, back row: 404232
Group portrait of participants of the No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS), Course 30, on graduation day. Left to right, back row, is: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Reader; LAC O'Sullivan; LAC Ziersch p
Group portrait of pilots of No. 453 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station at Drem. Left to right: Squadron Leader Morello, RAF Commanding Officer; 403046 Sergeant (Sgt, later Flight Lieute
Trainees from New South Wales comprise the majority of a class of Australians graduating as Sergeants (Sgt) from the No. 2 Service Flying Training School of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Uplands, Ot
