The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of Officers of No 1 Squadron RAAF
Identified, left to right, Back Row:
260646 Flying Officer (FO) Peter Fowler (later Prisoner of War (POW) of the Japanese); 270544 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Oscar ‘Ossie’ Diamond (later DFC and POW); 280541 Flt Lt Gilford ‘Gil’ James White (later Squadron Ldr (Sqn Ldr); Jack O’Brien [unable to be further identified]; 407007 FO Ronald Siggins (killed whilst on operations 8 December 1941); O398 James Sutherland (later POW and Group Captain (Gp Capt); 562 FO John Yelland; 270807 FO David Jenkins (later POW); 280805 Pilot Officer (PO) Douglas Howie (later POW)
Second Row:
290536 FO Stewart Bothroyd (later POW); 250283 Flt Lt James Emerton, (later Wing Commander (Wg Cdr), missing believed killed 30 January 1944); O33011 David Colquhoun (later Air Commodore (Air Cdr)); 403 FLT LT Lloyd ‘Smoky’ Douglas (later DFC); 261779 FO Neil Buchanan; 280522 FO Colin Verco; 290514 FLT LT Kenneth Smith (later DFC and POW); 407061 FO Antony ‘Tony’ Jay; 400007 FO Harry Pannifex (later POW)
Front Row:
552 Flt Lt John Ramshaw (missing believed killed 8 December 1941); O36043 Flt Lt Valdemar ‘Val’ Moorehouse (later POW); O371 Wilfred ‘Wil’ John Guthrie (later Wing Commander (Wg Cdr)); 223 Flt Lt David Bradley (killed in aircraft accident 17 January 1942); O327 Wg Cdr Reginald ‘Curly’ Saville, Commanding Officer (CO), (later POW, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and Air Cdr); 294227 Flt Lt John Dixon; 260280 Flt Lt (later DFC, missing believed killed on air operations 14 February 1942); FLT LT John ‘Spider’ Jones (missing believed killed on air operations 8 December 1941); 577 FO David ‘Fluff’ Hughes (killed on air operations 26 January 1942).
Group portrait of students of No 3 Instructors Course RAAF. Identified from left to right, back row: 401 Pilot Officer (PO) (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) Peter Alan Hislop Wright; 260190 Flt Lt (
Group portrait of members of 462 Squadron RAAF who flew Halifax bombers as Counter Radar measures to perplex the German radars. Back Row: Left to right: 428018 Flying Officer (FO) Henry Robert Anderso
Group portrait of pilots of No 77 Squadron RAAF. Identified from left to right, standing: O22045 Flying Officer (FO) John David Alford; O4425 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Donald Hillier (missing on flyi
Group Portrait of No 8 Squadron RAAF, "C" Flight. Front Row (L to R): 559 Flying Officer (FO) (later Sqn Ldr, DFC) Ronald Widmer; 620 FO (later Sqn Ldr) William James Hoddinott; 250658 FO (later Sqn
Mt Martha, VIC. 1943. Outdoors group portrait of directing staff and students of No. 6 War Staff Course at the RAAF Staff School. Back row, left to right: Major D. P. Derham, AIF; Flight Lieutenant (F
Outdoor group portrait of No. 26 Course, RAAF. Group is that half of the course who graduated at Richmond Flying School, NSW, the other half being at Laverton, Victoria. Course members are all cadets.
