The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of 402718 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Pilot Officer) Ross Biden, 3 Squadron RAAF, from Cremorne, NSW. Flt Sgt Biden enlisted on 14 October 1940 and trained in Rhodesia. Joining 3 Squadron RAAF in the Middle East, he flew Kittyhawks and Mustangs on operations over the Western Desert until 16 June 1942, when he was killed in action (his aircraft exploded on landing with a 250 pound bomb underneath). He is buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery in Egypt, near the border with Libya.
The grave near El Adam of 402137 Sergeant (Sgt) Frank Blunden Reid pilot of 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF. Sgt. Reid was killed in operations with the squadron on 15 February, 1942, aged twenty six year
Studio portrait of VX12577 Private (Pte) Edward Albert Pennington, 2/5 Battalion, from Croydon, Vic (born in Manchester, England). Pte Pennington enlisted on 19 April 1940 and was killed in action in
Sollum, Libya. Two RAAF airmen looking down on war batteries on the edge of the bay with Halfaya Pass in the background.
Sollum, Libya. An RAAF airman stands on the damaged turret of a tank looking down on war batteries on the edge of the bay with Halfaya Pass in the background.
Studio portrait of 400904 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) David Stanley (Sonny) Neal, 459 Squadron, RAAF, of Regent, Vic. A manufacturing chemist prior to enlistment from Melbourne on 10 November 1940. Flg
Egypt. November 1941. A cross and wreath mark the grave in the Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Plot 22, Row A, Grave 2, of 695 Flying Officer Percival Roy Bothwell RAAF, of No. 3 Squadron RAAF who died 2
