015123 Accession Number: 015123

Description

Informal portrait of Royal Australian Airforce Beaufighter crew 414975 Sergeant (Sgt) Colin Esbert Wein, of Gayndah, Queensland, pilot and 21714 Sgt Donald Clarence Kirkwood of Smithfield, NSW, navigator. Both were later promoted to Flight Sergeant and both died as a prisoner of war of the Japanese at Rabaul, New Britain on 5 March 1944.

Details

Accession Number
015123
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 June 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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