P03251.002 Accession Number: P03251.002

Description

Studio portrait of 420009 Warrant Officer (WO) Launcelot 'Pat' Harrison, 463 Squadron, of Parkes, NSW. A farmer of Parkes, NSW, he enlisted in the RAAF on 10 October 1941 in Sydney, NSW, training in Victoria and then posted to Bradfield Park, NSW and Parkes, NSW. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, he was posted to the United States of America for a short period and then to England, where he retrained as a navigator. He was killed whilst on operations over France on 4 July 1944, aged 22.

Details

Accession Number
P03251.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Weaver
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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