AWM Collection Record: NWA0299
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ID Number: | NWA0299 |
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| Place made: | Australia: Northern Territory | ||
| Date made: | 4 May 1943 | ||
| Physical description: | Black & white | ||
| Summary: | Leaning against the front end of a Jeep are 260968 Squadron Leader Leslie Roy Dawson (left), late of Headquarters, RAAF (NEI) Melbourne, and Lieutenant Colonel B S Fiedeldij (right), of the Dutch Army, Netherlands East Indies (NEI). They are having a discussion on the base of the composite 18 Squadron (NEI), RAAF which is equipped with Dutch B-25 Mitchell bombers. Squadron Leader Dawson was accidentally killed on 7 September, 1944 while on operations off Cairns, Queensland. He is buried in the Cairns cemetery. | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain | ||
| Copyright holder: | Copyright Expired | ||
| Related subject: | North American B25 Mitchell | ||
| Related unit: | Netherlands East Indies Forces | ||
| Related place: | Australia: Northern Territory | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:35:35 GMT
