Collection related to the service of John Rutherford Gordon Accession Number: P00048.105

Description

Tasmania contributed its quota to the latest contingent of Empire airmen to embark from an east Canadian port for England. Left to right: Sergeant Pilots P.C.Miller (probably 404939 [later Flying Officer] Phillip Charles Miller) and 408165 Sergeant Ralph Ernest Waters (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 10 April 1942).

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Accession Number
P00048.105
Photographer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
C 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
B. Gordon
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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