P02721.005 Accession Number: P02721.005

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Palestine. c 1940. Lieutenant Colonel L C Lucas (on the left) having tea with Gunner Read opposite. QX6542 Captain Colin W C Dossetor is in the background. Capt. Dossetor was later accidentally killed on 23 August 1943, when making an experimental parachute jump and landed in the Cataract Dam, NSW, and drowned.

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Accession Number
P02721.005
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M. Dossetor
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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