GROUP PHOTOS
Group portrait of members of Course 58 who attended the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) at the No. 6 Service Flying Training School at Dunnville Airport 3.7 km south of Dunnville, Ontario, Canada between June and October 1942
Left to Right:
Back row: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Marsh; 409172 LAC (later Flying Officer (FO) John Parker Morieson; 409785 LAC (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Kenneth Ebenezer Adamson, (killed on operations 29 November 1943); 409649 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Donald Leighton Spencer Barr, (killed on operations 7 July 1943); 413676 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Edwin Alfred Sims, (killed on operations 23 June 1943); 409724 LAC (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) Harry Gibbard Manley, (awarded Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) 13 April 1945); 413707 LAC (later Pilot Officer (PO)) Ronald Ernest Yarra, (killed on operations 14 April 1944); 413982 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Donald Murray Gibson, (accidently killed 15 May 1943); 409850 LAC (later Warrant Officer (WO) Franklin Thomas Norton; 409770 LAC (later WO) Arthur Lewis Terry, (accidently killed 8 June 1944); 413942 LAC (later FO) Leslie Barnett.
Middle row: 420044 LAC (later Flt Lt) Neil Morton Peters, (awarded DFC 21 January 1944); 413668 LAC (later WO) David Royds; 420055 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Patrick James Rendle, (killed on operations 29 June 1943); 420093 LAC (later FO) Alexander Harold Will, (killed on operations 26 January 1944); 420086 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Robert Reginald Waddell, (killed on operations 27 August 1943); 420095 LAC (later WO) Mark Wood; 414452 LAC (later FO Ernest Schuman; 413639 LAC (later WO) Ronald William Murkin; 413701 LAC (later Flt Lt) William Henry Westphal, (awarded DFC 16 February 1945); LAC Smith; 413715 LAC (later Flt Lt) George Chester Henry; 413935 LAC (later Flt Lt) Laurence John Henderson.
Front row: 409695 LAC (later FO) Charles Douglas Hamilton, (killed on operations 21 September 1944); 409858 LAC (later Flt Lt) William Colin Spurr, (awarded DFC 20 July 1945); 415377 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Leonard Ernest Cavanagh, (killed on operations 23 June 1943); LAC Taylor; 409755 LAC (later FO) Henry Valentine Charles Sheppard, (accidently killed 31 May 1943); 420201 LAC (later Flt Lt) Ronald Rupert Cortis Hyne, (awarded DFC 8 June 1945 and Croix de Guerre); 420182 LAC (later Flt) Lt John Norman Beresford Garden; 413683 LAC (later PO) Frank Phillip Stanger, (killed on operations 9 February 1944); 409732 LAC (later Flt Sgt) George Vallance McMurray, (killed on operations 4 September 1943); 409773 LAC (later PO) William Leslie Topp, (killed on operations 8 September 1943); 413 953 LAC (later Flt Lt) Leslie Gordon Bridges.
Left to Right:
Back row: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Marsh; 409172 LAC (later Flying Officer (FO) John Parker Morieson; 409785 LAC (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Kenneth Ebenezer Adamson, (killed on operations 29 November 1943); 409649 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Donald Leighton Spencer Barr, (killed on operations 7 July 1943); 413676 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Edwin Alfred Sims, (killed on operations 23 June 1943); 409724 LAC (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)) Harry Gibbard Manley, (awarded Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) 13 April 1945); 413707 LAC (later Pilot Officer (PO)) Ronald Ernest Yarra, (killed on operations 14 April 1944); 413982 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Donald Murray Gibson, (accidently killed 15 May 1943); 409850 LAC (later Warrant Officer (WO) Franklin Thomas Norton; 409770 LAC (later WO) Arthur Lewis Terry, (accidently killed 8 June 1944); 413942 LAC (later FO) Leslie Barnett.
Middle row: 420044 LAC (later Flt Lt) Neil Morton Peters, (awarded DFC 21 January 1944); 413668 LAC (later WO) David Royds; 420055 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Patrick James Rendle, (killed on operations 29 June 1943); 420093 LAC (later FO) Alexander Harold Will, (killed on operations 26 January 1944); 420086 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Robert Reginald Waddell, (killed on operations 27 August 1943); 420095 LAC (later WO) Mark Wood; 414452 LAC (later FO Ernest Schuman; 413639 LAC (later WO) Ronald William Murkin; 413701 LAC (later Flt Lt) William Henry Westphal, (awarded DFC 16 February 1945); LAC Smith; 413715 LAC (later Flt Lt) George Chester Henry; 413935 LAC (later Flt Lt) Laurence John Henderson.
Front row: 409695 LAC (later FO) Charles Douglas Hamilton, (killed on operations 21 September 1944); 409858 LAC (later Flt Lt) William Colin Spurr, (awarded DFC 20 July 1945); 415377 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Leonard Ernest Cavanagh, (killed on operations 23 June 1943); LAC Taylor; 409755 LAC (later FO) Henry Valentine Charles Sheppard, (accidently killed 31 May 1943); 420201 LAC (later Flt Lt) Ronald Rupert Cortis Hyne, (awarded DFC 8 June 1945 and Croix de Guerre); 420182 LAC (later Flt) Lt John Norman Beresford Garden; 413683 LAC (later PO) Frank Phillip Stanger, (killed on operations 9 February 1944); 409732 LAC (later Flt Sgt) George Vallance McMurray, (killed on operations 4 September 1943); 409773 LAC (later PO) William Leslie Topp, (killed on operations 8 September 1943); 413 953 LAC (later Flt Lt) Leslie Gordon Bridges.
GROUP PORTRAIT OF NO. 4 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF, COURSE NO. 21, "C" SQUADRON, FLIGHT 12. BACK ROW: 416864 FLIGHT SERGEANT RAYMOND GEORGE LACEY (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON 14 AUGUST 1943), A. T. MATTHEWS, J. B. LENIHAN, J. M. MAHR, J. S. MANLEY, C. E. MELIN, 416868 PILOT OFFICER STUART LINDSAY LLOYD (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER NEW GUINEA ON 16 MARCH 1945) W. C. MCGEE, A. G. MCTIER, A. G. KING, 416863 WARRANT OFFICER ALBERT ERNEST WILLIAM KNIGHT (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 14 FEBRUARY 1945); CENTRE ROW: 409842 FLYING OFFICER MAX ALEXANDER LARKAN (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT PT. STEPHENS NEW SOUTH WALES ON 24 MAY 1943), W. J. MARTIN, G. O. LEE, 409874 PILOT OFFICER ANGUS MACDONALD LINDSEY (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER FRANCE ON 18 NOVEMBER 1943), 409848 FLIGHT SERGEANT JOHN FRANCIS MCMAHON (KILLED IN A GROUND BATTLE AT BOURNEMOUTH ENGLAND ON 23 MAY 1943), G. R. MAUGER, R. W. MCDONALD, D. KINNEAR, P. I. MCNAUGHTON, 416876 FLIGHT SERGEANT LEWIS WILLIAM MARTIN (ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 01 SEPTEMBER 1943), A. P. LEONARD; FRONT ROW: 416862 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT NEVILLE WESTERN KILSBY (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 29 JANUARY 1944), C. M. LAWSON, V. C. MATISON, W. W. LODGE, M. MCDONALD, CORPORAL D. O. MCDONALD, M. D. LOMMON, 416875 SERGEANT DONALD MALCOLM MACPHERSON (LOST ON OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY ON 18 AUGUST 1943), D. S. LORIMER, PROBABLY 416874 PILOT OFFICER lYLE MANHIRE MCLAREN (LOST OVER NEW GUINEA ON 20 MAY 1944), J. H. KIRKBY.
Informal portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris KCB OBE AFC, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Bomber Command, with members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, the original RAAF Lancaster Squadron in RAF Bomber Command, during his visit to the squadron at RAF station Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England. Identified from left to right: 425080 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Jack Venning of Gympie, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 21082 Flt Sgt Thomas Lloyd Walkley of Craigieburn, Victoria; 414044 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Stewart Jordan of Sydney, NSW; 413986 Fl Sgt Wilfred Cyril Gordon of Raleigh, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414232 Fl Sgt Mervyn Edgar Hamilton of Brisbane, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the Netherlands on 15 August 1944); 420892 Pilot Officer (PO) Noel Knight of Coonabarabran, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414019 Flt Sgt Jan Goulevitch of Townsville, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 400102 Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman DFC, Commanding Officer; 409632 Flt Sgt Samuel Whiteside of Korumburra, South Australia (killed on flying operations over Germany on 27 January 1944); 14744 Flt Sgt Colin Stafford Francis of Summerhill, NSW (later awarded DFC); Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris KCB OBE AFC; 405909 Flt Sgt Ernest William Joseph Hurley of Ipswich, Queensland (killed on flying operations over Germany, 27 January 1944); 408559 PO Edward Hasall Anderson of Melbourne, Victoria; 412810 Flight Lieutenant James Robert Henderson of Sydney, NSW (later awarded DFC and DSO); 400577 Squadron Leader Kenneth David Baird DFC of Ballarat, Victoria; 422468 Flt Sgt John Joseph Egan (later awarded DFC) of Bankstown, NSW; and 414349 Flt Sgt William Kevin Halstead of Townsville, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the UK on 16 December 1943).
Outdoor group portrait of ground staff personnel at No 455 Squadron RAAF (Hampden aircraft) of Coastal Command, based at RAF Station Leuchars. All but one are from Victoria and are identified from left to right: 10248 Aircraftman 1 (AC 1) Richard Raymond Harper from Traralgon; 10275 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Sidney Albert Pope from East St Kilda; 5669 Corporal (Cpl) Alan Bonton Carter from Edithvale; 18621 LAC Laurence Louis Harris from Albert Park (died 20 September 1944 in an accident in the UK); 5700 Cpl Edgar Edward Parker from Footscray; 10256 LAC Clifford Leslie Barassi from Shepparton; 10207 AC 1 Gordon Leslie Abbott from Sandringham; and 29989 LAC Robert Archibald Power from Subiaco, Western Australia.
Group portrait of members of Course 17A of 5 Initial Training School (5ITS) photographed on their first day of training. Left to right, back row: 415180 Aircraftman 2 (AC2) Eric Ransom; 16774 AC2 Walter Henry Teede, (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) and killed in action (KIA) on 25 June 1943 over Holland); 16940 AC2 Reginald Joseph Pass; 415155 AC2 Richard Kukura; 415149 AC2 John Alan Jeffreys, (later Pilot Officer (PO) and died of wounds (DOW) on 3 November 1943 in the United Kingdom); 415181 AC2 Nicholas Ronald Reed; 415121 AC2 Norman Cosgrave; 415174 AC2 Leslie Jack Naile, (later Flt Sgt and KIA on 26 June 1943 over Holland); unidentified AC2; 415190 AC2 Peter Anderson Stevens (later Navigator, DFC and Bar and a Prisoner of War (POW)); 415048 AC2 Kevin Pemberton Properjohn (whose death resulted from an accident on 15 September 1942 in Fremantle, WA); 415136 AC2 Louis Goldie; 415131 AC2 John Robert Gardner. Middle row: unidentified AC2; 415106 AC2 Thomas Hessey Allanson (later PO and KIA on 4 September 1943 over Gasmata); unidentified AC2; T Rowe; 415158 AC2 William Edwin Logan (later Sergeant (Sgt) and KIA on 17 August 1942 over New Guinea); 415208 AC2 Frank Watson Wildy (whose death resulted from an accident on 17 November 1942 in Bairnsdale, Vic); Corporal Humphries, probably a member of the ITS staff; 415152 AC2 Ray Alfred Norman Kelly; 415198 AC2 Ernest Walter Mervyn Trigwell; unidentified AC2; unidentified AC2; 17409 AC2 William Morris Barden (later Warrant Officer (WO) and KIA on 9 August 1944 in a flying accident in New Guinea). Front row: 415194 AC2 John Graeme Sutherland; unidentified AC2: unidentified AC2; 415139 AC2 Allan George Hall; 415135 AC2 Arthur Gliddon (later Flt Sgt and KIA on 30 July 1943 over North West Europe; 415124 AC2 Stanley Davies (whose death resulted from an accident on 7 May 1945 in Kingaroy, Qld); 415209 AC2 Colin Glasson; 415049 AC2 Gordon Reid; unidentified AC2; 415110 AC2 Stuart James Beaton; 415171 AC2 Max James Frederick McDermott. Western Australian students finishing this particular course graduated on 17 September 1941. It was common for graduates to go on to 9 Elementary Flying Training School (9EFTS) at Cunderdin.
Group portrait of No 2 Air Observers School, Course 84 N-1 Graduates. Identified from left to right, back row: 432027 William Anthony Judges of Sydney NSW; J L Gilbert of Auckland, New Zealand; D J Bailey of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 434376 Alan George Buxton of Sydney, NSW; C M Clarke of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 433171 Carl Edwin Johnson, a medical student of Sydney, NSW, (later of 460 Squadron and killed in an accident on 14 July 1945 at Kirton-on-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, aged 22); S Cohen of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 408469 Albert Christopher Nicholas of Castle Forbes Bay, Tasmania; 432642 Ewen John Cameron of Summer Hill, NSW; E H Brautigam of Capilano, British Columbia, Canada; 432445 Ronald James Harmey of Sydney, NSW; A E Lewis of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 401018 Malcolm Gordon Williams of Melbourne, Victoria (later of 11 Squadron RAF and killed in action on 16 March 1943 over Burma); 437788 Hallam Morris Harrell of Adelaide, SA; K S Thomson of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; K S Thornton of Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada; 434677 Alfred Frederick Mitchell of Sydney, NSW. Front row: 422987 Donald Edward Southwell of Sydney, NSW; 433252 Matthew Owen Frost of Sydney, NSW; 434909 Alleyne David Sier of Melbourne, Victoria; 433194 Alan Campbell Bond of Sydney, NSW, (later of 463 Squadron RAF and killed in action on 7 December 1944 over Germany); Pilot Officer Muir; 403986 Flight Lieutenant Brian Filewood of Sydney, NSW; Corporal C Sheldon-Williams of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 437059 Peter Vernon Roberts of Adelaide, SA; 434527 James William Hill of Sydney, NSW (later of 463 Squadron RAF and killed in action on 9 April 1945 over North West Europe); J M Taylor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 69541 Manoel Callas of Sydney, NSW, (later of 23 Squadron RAF and killed in action on 13 March 1945 over Germany).
Group portrait of No 23 Course, No 1 Initial Training School, Somers, Victoria. Identified in the back row, left to right: 420808 John Albert Baker (later Flying Officer (FO) and killed during operations over the United Kingdom on 11 November 1944); 420023 Colin Cameron Martin (later sergeant and died in an accident in Australia on 27 March 1943); 420839 Norman Rex Mitchell (later Aircraftman 2); unidentified; 410139 Frederick St John Bennett (later FO); 420813 Frank Hercules Dengate (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)); 410185 Roland Bruce Walker (later Leading Aircraftman (LAC)); and 420030 Keith McChesney (later Flt Lt). Second row: 410151 Clifford James Edsall (later Warrant Officer (WO)); 410193 Charles Clement (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) and killed during operations over France on 10 June 1944); 410157 John Bertram Goldie (later WO); 420091 Aubrey James (Honest Abe) White (later FO and killed during operations over UK on 14 August 1943; Haughten (not further identified); 410146 Frank George Calder (later FO); 410162 Noel Frederick (Mustard) Keens (later WO); 410202 Roger John Evans (later Flt Lt); and 420829 Jack Sheldon Clark (later FO). Third row: 420066 Leonard George Sellen (later Flt Sgt and died in an accident in Scotland on 14 August 1943); 420816 Leslie Joyce (later Flt Sgt and killed during operations over UK on 19 November 1943); 410194 Francis Lisle Harris (later LAC); unidentified; 410143 Beamish Gore Brett (later WO); 410178 Edward Dennis Stott (later FO); unidentified; 410148 Reuben Kent Davey (later WO); unidentified; and 409800 Maxwell David McClure (later Corporal). Front row: A33114 Thomas William Boyce (later Flt Sgt); 410175 Leslie Charles Sharp (later WO); J Johnson; 409658 Stuart David Black (later WO); 410297 Claude Lionel Beckett (later WO); 410170 Francis John Harris (later FO); 410172 Edward Thomas Pickerd (later Air Commodore); 420821 Alwyn Clayton (Wizard) Thomas (later LAC); 410181 Richard Frank Oldmeadow (later FO); L Jennings; 410112 Albert Irving (Bert) Wiggins (later FO); and 410164 Arthur Charles Lobb (later WO).
Group portrait of an RAAF rugby union team. They played a match against a team of French players at Batley, Leeds on 24 February 1945, and won 20-9. Back row, left to right: 433028 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Philip Maxwell McShane; 134746 Sergeant (Sgt) Roger Roydon Chalker, of Tighes Hill, NSW; 423190 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Terence Leslie O'Halloran, 463 Squadron; Flt Sgt A Beard, Australian surf champion; Corporal (Cpl) E Hall. Middle row, left to right: 403289 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Sydney Alberto Tocchini; Pilot Officer (PO) R Biltoft; Flt Sgt E Ennis; Flt Sgt Robert McIndoe; 432597 Flt Sgt John Frederick Todman. Front row, left to right: 423998 Flying Officer John Norman Harvey DFC; Flying Officer (FO) Laurence William Marshall DFC (a waterside worked prior to enlisting on 18 July 1942, who was accidentally killed in the United Kingdom on 20 March 1945, at the age of 29, and is buried in the Regional Cemetery, Cambridge); and FO J Thompson.
Group portrait of No. 4 Intitial training School, RAAF, Course No.B Squadron Flight 7. Back row: D R Jones; 409581 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Robert Alexander Nield (lost on operations over the Netherlands on 22 October 1943); 409568 Flying Officer (FO) Frank David Moore; J E McNiell; J R McCarthy; 409562 FO Robert Eyre Mackie; 409600 Flt Sgt Keith Balfour Phillips (lost on operations over France on 28 August 1943); 409618 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Frank Stephen Robinson; 409574 FO Herbert Russell McMillan; L S Price; G Mclean; 409567 Pilot Officer (PO) Alan Seabrook Mitchell (lost on operations over Germany on 2 October 1943); 035240(409607) Flt Lt Frederick Neil Robinson. Centre row: 409577 FO John William Nickels; 409602 Warrant Officer (WO) William Anthony Ward Power; 409569 FO Graeme William Morrey; B L Prosser; 409575 FO Cecil George Mitchell; R J Power; 409570 Flt Lt Frederick Halcomb Moylan; 409573 Flt Lt David Francis McLauchlan; 409593 Flt Lt Frank Livingstone Proctor; 409582 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Stanley Francis Offer; 409642 Flt Lt Victor Edward Murphy; 409589 WO Raymond William Pinney; 409641 FO Roderick Orr Maclean (lost on operations off the UK on 4 November 1943); 409565 Flt LT Colin Walter Mayes (accidentally killed in UK on 6 November 1944). Front row: 409580 Flt Lt Leonard James Netherway; 409596 Flt Lt Allister Stewart Robertson; 409564 FO John James Malady; 409571 FO James Michael Mullavey; J H Palmer; 409584 PO Keith Charles Page (lost on operations over Belgium on 28 May 1944) 26539 Sergeant (Sgt [later WO]) John Donald Purdue; 409595 PO Ian Douglas Flett Rendell; 409592 PO Lawrence James Pringle (lost on operations over Germany on 22 October 1943); 409583 FO William George Osmotherly; 409578 Sgt James Edwin Nixon (lost on operations over N.W. Europe on 2 October 1943); 409555 LAC James Garfield Mitchell; 409566 Flt Sgt Donnelly Coombe Meyer