P03251.015 Accession Number: P03251.015

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Studio portrait of 423845 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon McMaster, RAAF, of Burwood, NSW (orignally of Bogun Gate, NSW). A lathe worker prior to enlisting in Sydney, NSW, on 18 July 1942, he trained as a rear gunner and embarked for England to join 15 Squadron, RAF. He was fatally wounded during his tenth Lancaster flight over Germany on 20 February 1944, aged 25. He is buried at North Cemetery, Jean Field, near Leipzig, Germany.

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Accession Number
P03251.015
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Weaver
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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