Lovelle-Draper, Adrian Mervyn (Flight Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1943) and Lovelle-Draper, Fay Zelda (Aircraftwoman, b.1919 - d.1998) Accession Number: PR01176

Description

Collection of photographs, letters, telegrams, newspaper cuttings, notebook and mementos relating to 413624 Flight Sergeant Adrian Mervyn Lovelle-Draper RAAF, who served with 12 Op Training RAF in the United Kingdom; notebook and certificate of service and discharge relate to Fay Zelda Lovell-Draper. The photographs depict both during active service or on leave. The bulk of the collection concerns Flight Sergeant Lovelle-Draper, including the identification tag, commemorative scroll and official letters and telegrams about his presumed death during a mission in the Irish sea on 18 August 1943.

Details

Accession Number
PR01176
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1942-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
32
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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