The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RAAF officer's cap badge on a dark blue cloth ground. Attached to the cloth are three gilded metal badges; a King's crown with red felt and enamel jewels, a RAAF eagle, and a pair of crossed laurel leaves. The badge is a wartime economy issue one issued in place of the peacetime gold bullion embroidered badge.
Worn by 406817 Flying Officer Arthur Geoffrey Waite who served in 100 Squadron, RAAF during the Second World War. Waite was born in Cheltenham, England, in 1910. He initially worked as a clerk but later joined the police force. Shortly after his marriage he and his wife moved to Australia arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 18 September, 1934. Waite enlisted in the RAAF on 26 April, 1941. After training in Western Australia and Victoria he was posted to New Guinea with 100 Squadron. He contracted malaria there and returned home for a period of leave from 26 December 1944 to 15 January 1945. On 13 March 1945 Waite and his crew were carrying out air operations in the vicinity of Milak, New Guinea. Their plane crashed over their target area killing the entire crew. Waite is buried in the Lae War Cemetery.
Circular badge with a wreath surmounted by the King's Crown. Inside is a map of Australian surrounded by another wreath and the words 'TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. The reverse has a hinged securing pin
Circular silver coloured Mothers' and Widows' badge. The obverse shows a raised image of a woman and part of a laurel wreath with the words 'FOR AUSTRALIA' in raised letters. The reverse has a hinged
Collection relating to the service of 406817 Flying Officer Arthur Geoffrey Waite, Group 623, 100 Squadron, RAAF, Australia, New Guinea, 1941-1945. Collection consists of Waite's flying log book (194
Circular badge with a wreath surmounted by the King's Crown. Inside is a map of Australian surrounded by another wreath and the words 'TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. The reverse has a hinged securing pin
Circular silver coloured Mothers' and Widows' badge. The obverse shows a raised image of a woman and part of a laurel wreath with the words 'FOR AUSTRALIA' in raised letters. The reverse has a hinged
RAAF PEAKED CAP, NAVY-BLUE WITH BLACK HAT BAND WITH EAGLE BADGE AND CROWN. Worn by Flying Officer Douglas Payne Billman, 100 Squadron RAF. Billman was born in Melbourne on 25 November 1922. Before
RAAF officer's cap badge on a dark blue cloth ground. Attached to the cloth are three pressed brass badges: a King's crown with red felt backing and enamel jewels; a RAAF eagle, and a pair of crossed
Collection relating to the service of 406817 Flying Officer Arthur Geoffrey Waite, Group 623, 100 Squadron, RAAF, Australia, New Guinea, 1941-1945. Collection consists of Waite's flying log book (194
RAAF officer's padded cap badge on a dark blue woollen ground. Attached to the wool are a King's crown made of red velvet and gold bullion thread over a gilded RAAF eagle, within a pair of crossed lau
