The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Trainees from New South Wales comprise the majority of a class of Australians graduating as Sergeants (Sgt) from the No. 2 Service Flying Training School of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Uplands, Ottawa. Left to right, front row: 403092 Sgt Robert George Kenyan Holden (lost on operations over Germany on 31 May 1942), 403446 Sgt (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) George James Meldrum, 403461 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Russell Vincent Baxter, 402822 Sgt Frederick George Potter (lost on operations over the Middle East on 1 September 1942), 403345 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Peter Booth Jones, Sgt R. Armstrong, 403149 Sgt Frederick Joseph Ryan (lost on operations over the Middle East on 16 June 1942), 403366 Sgt John Dudley Newick (lost on operations over the Middle East on 27 July 1942). Back row: 403143 Sgt Roger Bede Murphy (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 3 January 1942), 403159 Sgt (later Pilot Officer) Allenby Leslie Baker (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 4 January 1942), 403133 Sgt (later Flying Officer) Alan Albert Waddell (lost on operations over Germany on 31 May 1942), 403355 Sgt Rex Joseph Marre (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 15 March 1942), 403358 Sgt (later Flt Lt) Ian Sutherland Morse, 403437 Sgt Jack Irvine Thompson (lost on operations over the Middle East on 15 February 1942), 404924 Sgt Lawrence Keith Day (killed in an accident in India on 3 December 1942), 403127 Sgt (later Squadron Leader) Colin Thompson Doudy, 403431 Sgt Finlay Donald Mcleod (lost on operations over the Netherlands on 26 March 1942), 403299 Sgt (later Warrant Officer) Colin Albert Alt.
New South Wales graduates of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Left to right: 403388 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Douglas Wells (lost on operations over Scotland on July 16 1943), 403663 Flying Officer (FO) Ri
A group of airmen from New South Wales recently received their wings at No. 7 Service Flying Training School at Mcleod Alberta as Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Iden
A group of Sergeants of the RAAF are pictured as they were embarking from an East Canadian port; judged by their smiles, they are happy to be doing so. Identified, left to right, Front row: Probably 4
Left to right: 411390 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Claud Besnard Sautelle (lost on operations over France on 8 November 1942); Mr G. Pike, Westmount Cricket Club, Montreal; 411530 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald H
Victorian Graduates of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Left to right: 401346 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Irwin Alexander Fraser Clarke, 401339 Flying Officer (FO) Thomas Eric Turnley, J. M. Williams, 1
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 Offi
