The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 405792 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) John Cecil Holmes, pilot of No. 460 Squadron, RAAF, of Brisbane, Qld. Flt Lt Holmes, a woolclasser in civilian life, was born on 2 September 1921 and was killed in action while on a raid on Chemnitz, Germany, on 5 March 1945. He was promoted to Squadron Leader on 25 February 1945 and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for 'numerous operations against the enemy, in the course of which he invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty'. Other members of his crew killed include 412815 Flt Lt Thomas Ernest Victor Morgan DFM, RAAF, air gunner and Gunnery Leader of the Squadron; 409653 Flying Officer (FO) Ivan Sydney Baudinette RAAF, wireless operator, air gunner; 408440 FO Donald George Hudspeth RAAF, navigator; 430159 Flight Sergeant T. T. Clarke RAAF, second pilot flying with the crew on operational experience; 412167 Warrant Officer Alwyn (Elwyn?) Oswald Thomas Mayne RAAF, air gunner; Sgt J Young RAF, flight engineer; Sgt R. E. Hayward RAF, bomb aimer.
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, he worked as a woolclasser in Toowoomba be
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, he worked as a woolclasser
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, he worked as a woolclasse
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, he worked as a woolclasser in Toowoom
Distinguished Flying Cross. Privately engraved reverse with recipient's details and date of death. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, h
France and Germany Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. 405792 Squadron Leader John Cecil Holmes, served in 460 Squadron, RAAF. Born in Brisbane in 1921, he worked as a woolclasser in T
Octagonal aluminium identity disc with a hole at each end. The obverse is engraved, '405797 HOLMES J. C RAAF CE'. The reverse is engraved, 'O' and the numeral '4' in a circle. This identity disc
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
The original grave of eight airmen of No. 460 Squadron RAAF killed on a raid on Chemnitz, Germany on 5 March 1945. The grave is marked by a large block of wood carved into an Iron Cross shape with the
Probably Binbrook, England. c. 1944. Informal group portrait of four officers of a crew of 460 Squadron in a country lane holding two bicycles. From left to right Tom Holst, rear gunner; Jack Gray, b
Group portrait of the crew of Q for Queenie, a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF in the UK, which was attacked by sixteen enemy aircraft. Front row, left to right: 407043 Flying Officer (F
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Charles Lister's crew in front of their Consolidated, B-24L Liberator (A72-82, formerly US Army Air Force 44-41452), 23 Squadron, 82 Wing, RAAF. Identified from left, stand
Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) David Miller's crew in front of their Consolidated B-24L Liberator, 23 Squadron, 82 Wing, RAAF. Identified from left, standing: Warrant Officer (WO) R C Chapman, Wireless Air
Group portrait of No 9 Staff Navigator’s Course, General Reconnaissance School, RAAF Station Bairnsdale, Victoria. Identified from left to right in the back row: 420739 Flying Officer (FO) William Fun
