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Family album of the Hursthouse Family [B 71737/1-167] • Photograph

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/1

Beach and jetty at 'Second Valley'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/1

Beach and jetty at 'Second Valley'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/2

'Cape Jervis lighthouse'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/2

'Cape Jervis lighthouse'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/3

'Home, 5 Daphne Street Prospect' with the Hursthouse family pictured in front of the family car, a Dodge Tourer, first registered in 1923. The man is Calvert Fearon Hursthouse, and the girl is Helen

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/3

'Home, 5 Daphne Street Prospect' with the Hursthouse family pictured in front of the family car, a Dodge Tourer, first registered in 1923. The man is Calvert Fearon Hursthouse, and the girl is Helen

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/4

'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/4

'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/5

'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/5

'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/6

Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/6

Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/7

Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/7

Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/8

Campsite at 'Dingley Dell' showing car and tent in the scrub

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/8

Campsite at 'Dingley Dell' showing car and tent in the scrub

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/9

Boiling the billy at 'Dingley Dell'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/9

Boiling the billy at 'Dingley Dell'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/10

Camping 'between Kingston and Robe'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/10

Camping 'between Kingston and Robe'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/11

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/11

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/12

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/12

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/13

Camping at Normanville, Calvert Fearon Hursthouse is shaving

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/13

Camping at Normanville, Calvert Fearon Hursthouse is shaving

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/14

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/14

Camping at Normanville

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/15

'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/15

'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/16

'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/16

'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/17

'Coopers hut'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/17

'Coopers hut'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/18

'Victor Harbor 1928' showing the horse tram arriving on Granite Island

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/18

'Victor Harbor 1928' showing the horse tram arriving on Granite Island

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/19

Camping at 'Point Turton 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/19

Camping at 'Point Turton 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/20

'Pondalowie Bay fishermen 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/20

'Pondalowie Bay fishermen 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/21

'The camp Pondalowie Bay 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/21

'The camp Pondalowie Bay 1930'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/22

Camping spot

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/22

Camping spot

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/23

Camping spot

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/23

Camping spot

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/24

'A watched pot never boils' children at a campfire

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/24

'A watched pot never boils' children at a campfire

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/25

Granite rock memorial

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/25

Granite rock memorial

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/26

Child on rocks at beach

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/26

Child on rocks at beach

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/27

Mine workings

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/27

Mine workings

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/28

Mine workings

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/28

Mine workings

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/29

'Cleaning Yacka gum'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/29

'Cleaning Yacka gum'

Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/30

Lighthouse

Family album of the Hursthouse Family — Family album of the Hursthouse Family

Hursthouse, John Wilson, c. 1925-1945, Photograph, B 71737/30

Lighthouse

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Summary

The album contains photographs relating primarily to the life of John Wilson Hursthouse (1913-1945) including family camping holidays to the South-East, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula between 1925-1930; schooling at Queen's School, North Adelaide, and Roseworthy Agricultural College, Boy Scouts, Army training at Kapunda Military camp, shearing at Middle Camp near Cowell and Elbow Hill (1934-1936); wheat harvesting at Gum Park, Yongala 1937; and training as an RAAF pilot at Parafield Aerodrome. The album includes a family portrait of John (Jack) with his parents Calvert Fearon Hursthouse and Lilian Ethel (nee Preshaw), and his siblings Helen Mary and Harold Richmond (Dick). Another photograph includes his son David as a child.

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Physical description

2.5 cm
Photograph album (B&W prints, contact prints); various sizes

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1925-1945

Photographer

Hursthouse, John Wilson

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Queen's College (North Adelaide, S.A.)
Roseworthy Agricultural College
Camping -- South Australia
Boy Scouts -- South Australia
Military camps -- South Australia -- Kapunda
Scouting (Youth activity) -- South Australia
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Kapunda
Wheat -- Harvesting -- South Australia -- Yongala
Airplanes -- South Australia -- Parafield
Air pilots -- South Australia -- Parafield
North Adelaide (S.A.) -- Schools
Elbow Hill (S.A.)
Middleback Station (S.A.)

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Formatted content

B 71737/1: Beach and jetty at 'Second Valley'
B 71737/2: 'Cape Jervis lighthouse'
B 71737/3: 'Home, 5 Daphne Street Prospect' with the Hursthouse family pictured in front of the family car, a Dodge Tourer, first registered in 1923. The man is Calvert Fearon Hursthouse, and the girl is Helen
B 71737/4: 'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp
B 71737/5: 'Coorong camp' including beach cricket and setting up camp
B 71737/6: Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'
B 71737/7: Campsite at 'Robe' and 'Nora Creina Bay'
B 71737/8: Campsite at 'Dingley Dell' showing car and tent in the scrub
B 71737/9: Boiling the billy at 'Dingley Dell'
B 71737/10: Camping 'between Kingston and Robe'
B 71737/11: Camping at Normanville
B 71737/12: Camping at Normanville
B 71737/13: Camping at Normanville, Calvert Fearon Hursthouse is shaving
B 71737/14: Camping at Normanville
B 71737/15: 'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks
B 71737/16: 'Patience is a virtue', fishing with hand lines from the rocks
B 71737/17: 'Coopers hut'
B 71737/18: 'Victor Harbor 1928' showing the horse tram arriving on Granite Island
B 71737/19: Camping at 'Point Turton 1930'
B 71737/20: 'Pondalowie Bay fishermen 1930'
B 71737/21: 'The camp Pondalowie Bay 1930'
B 71737/22: Camping spot
B 71737/23: Camping spot
B 71737/24: 'A watched pot never boils' children at a campfire
B 71737/25: Granite rock memorial
B 71737/26: Child on rocks at beach
B 71737/27: Mine workings
B 71737/28: Mine workings
B 71737/29: 'Cleaning Yacka gum'
B 71737/30: Lighthouse
B 71737/31: 'Talisker Mine Head'
B 71737/32: Wreck of the Ethel
B 71737/33: Wreck of the Ethel
B 71737/34: Camping at 'Pondalowie Bay'
B 71737/35: Exploring wreckage, possibly Pondalowie Bay
B 71737/36: 'Three shies a penny', target practice with bottles
B 71737/37: 'Troubridge camp'
B 71737/38: Camping at 'Point Turton'
B 71737/39: 'Lincoln trip' 'Jack, Dick, Helen, Gran (Lillian)'
B 71737/40: Campsite Port Lincoln trip, with Calvert, Dick and Jack
B 71737/41: 'Robe' views
B 71737/42: 'Robe' views
B 71737/43: 'Robe' views
B 71737/44: 'Reflections Leg of Mutton Lake' Mt Gambier
B 71737/45: View of 'Mt Gambier' across the Blue Lake
B 71737/46: 'Blue Lake' Mt Gambier
B 71737/47: Portland
B 71737/48: Portland
B 71737/49: Port Melbourne
B 71737/50: 'Colac' Victoria
B 71737/51: 'Colac' Victoria
B 71737/52: 'Sunken Garden, Mt Gambier'
B 71737/53: Camping holiday at Mount 'Dutton Bay', with children preparing food and eating at the campsite
B 71737/54: Camping holiday at Mount 'Dutton Bay', with children preparing food and eating at the campsite
B 71737/55: Camping holiday at Mount 'Dutton Bay', with children preparing food and eating at the campsite
B 71737/56: Camping holiday at Mount 'Dutton Bay', with children preparing food and eating at the campsite
B 71737/57: 'Dutton Bay 1930' with striped tent and makeshift beach shelter
B 71737/58: 'Dutton Bay 1930' with striped tent and makeshift beach shelter
B 71737/59: John Hursthouse as a young man
B 71737/60: Queen's College, North Adelaide
B 71737/61: Queen's College, North Adelaide
B 71737/62: Boy Scouts 'Curlew Patrol, back row Geoff Holt, John Apps, front row G. R. Smith, J. W. H., Alec Tolmer'
B 71737/63: 'The Curlews meet a pal', boys patting a pony
B 71737/64: Boy Scouts 'Hove camp, from left, J. W. H., Dreamy Warwick, Brian Jenkins, Ted Povey, 'Bunny' Rye S17, John Apps, Colin Harvey, 'Squeaker' Stokes, Willie Harvey, Geoff Holt, Ian Showell, Echo Jefferis, Ritchie Holt'
B 71737/65: Boy Scouts 'Success! the Curlews win the Cup'
B 71737/66: Boy Scouts 'Wattle Birds' patrol and 'the Broad Jump'
B 71737/67: Boy Scouts 'Wattle Birds' patrol and 'the Broad Jump'
B 71737/68: Man with a pipe, hat and striped tie standing at the rear of an automobile with an early style of rear bumper bar
B 71737/69: Man with a pipe, hat and striped tie standing at the rear of an automobile with an early style of rear bumper bar
B 71737/70: Young woman
B 71737/71: Young woman
B 71737/72: Sailing
B 71737/73: Sailing
B 71737/74: Sailing
B 71737/75: Sailing
B 71737/76: Black dog
B 71737/77: 'R.A.C. [Roseworthy Agricultural College] 1931-1934', photograph with friends 'Ralph Richardson, Bob Hagley, Jack Hursthouse, Clem Haydon'
B 71737/78: Interior view of Roseworthy Agricultural College dormitory during a study period, 'Prep'
B 71737/79: Trolley shed
B 71737/80: 'Pneumonic flue, Airing cloth
B 71737/81: Boy, David John Hursthouse in an overcoat and cap, possibly with Father and sister in the background
B 71737/82: 'Kapunda Military Camp. 2/43rd Light Horse (Roseworthy College) Machine Gunners. Setting out on a day's manoeuvres'
B 71737/83: 'Fall in for instructions'
B 71737/84: 'Reconnoitring'
B 71737/85: 'Moving up to the range'
B 71737/86: 'Fire', firing machine guns
B 71737/87: 'Cleaning the guns'
B 71737/88: Group posing with a machine gun. Horses with feed bags in the background
B 71737/89: Group photograph of gunners holding ammunition belts
B 71737/90: 'Kapunda Camp' feeding the horses
B 71737/91: 'Turret field'
B 71737/92: 'Water your horses'
B 71737/93: 'Kapunda Camp' group photograph including 'C. Pollit, J. W. H., Bob Pownall, Bob Emery, Lance Sutherland, Bob Hay' (sitting)
B 71737/94: 'To Melbourne Show 1933' with a group of friends 'Larry Geddes, Alan Gunson, Tip Ryan, Jack Hursthouse. Photograph by Peter Angove'. 'A stop on the Coorong'. The car, named 'Mitzie', is a 1925 Chevrolet Superior Tourer
B 71737/95: 'Lemons!' young men dressed in the style of the 1930's on a road trip to the Melbourne Show, 1933
B 71737/96: 'Middlecamp, Cowell 1934-1936' - 'Big Flat'
B 71737/97: 'Middlecamp, Cowell 1934-1936' - 'Looking to Cowell from Burnt Hill'
B 71737/98: 'Middlecamp, Cowell 1934-1936' - 'A water hole'
B 71737/99: 'Middlecamp, Cowell 1934-1936' - 'The homestead'
B 71737/100: 'A shea oak gully'
B 71737/101: 'The Woolshed'
B 71737/102: John Wilson Hursthouse with horse, ca.1939-1940
B 71737/103: 'Shearers. Mick Rehn, Guy Smith, G. S. Kidman, Harry Dunn, Stan Rehn (sitting)'
B 71737/104: 'Elbow Hill. The shop'. The storekeeper was Joseph Amos Williams
B 71737/105: 'Port Gibbon. Loading wheat'
B 71737/106: Port Gibbon. Loading wheat onto the boat 'John Lewis' (Adelaide)
B 71737/107: Elbow Hill. View showing 'Methodist Church' and 'School'
B 71737/108: 'Elbow Hillites 1936' including 'J.W. H., Margarite, Doug, Jack Mills, Andrew and Ian Mills, Syd Williams, Mrs Rich Mills, seated George and Bernice Mills'
B 71737/109: Man on a horse 'Mickey'
B 71737/110: Man on a horse 'Mickey'
B 71737/111: 'Mavis, Joan, Gwenyth Kidman' having a ride on a motor cycle registered number SA 42-579
B 71737/112: 'Worn out' . Man with holes in his pockets
B 71737/113: 'Moving on'. John Wilson Hursthouse leaving on motorcycle
B 71737/114: 'Middleback Station. Shearing 1937
B 71737/115: 'The men who ride the dog fence and their means of transport'. Loaded pack camels at Middleback Station, ca. 1938-1940
B 71737/116: 'The men who ride the dog fence and their means of transport'. Loaded pack camels at Middleback Station, ca. 1938-1940
B 71737/117: 'The men who ride the dog fence and their means of transport'. Loaded pack camels at Middleback Station, ca. 1938-1940
B 71737/118: 'The men who ride the dog fence and their means of transport'. Loaded pack camels at Middleback Station, ca. 1938-1940
B 71737/119: 'The men who ride the dog fence and their means of transport'. Loaded pack camels at Middleback Station, ca. 1938-1940
B 71737/120: 'Gum Park Yongala F. M. Frost Harvest 1937'. 'Autoheader' in operation
B 71737/121: 'Gum Park Yongala F. M. Frost Harvest 1937'. 'Autoheader' in operation
B 71737/122: 'Gum Park Yongala
B 71737/123: 'Autoheader'
B 71737/124: 'Wheat'
B 71737/125: 'Horrocks Pass'
B 71737/126: 'Harvester'
B 71737/127: 'Apps & Co'
B 71737/128: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/129: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/130: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/131: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/132: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/133: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/134: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/135: Wheat harvesting and transport 1937, Gum Park, Yongala
B 71737/136: 'Jack Mills'
B 71737/137: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/138: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/139: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/140: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/141: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/142: John Hursthouse and friends
B 71737/143: Wheat harvesting and transport
B 71737/144: Wheat harvesting and transport
B 71737/145: Wheat harvesting and transport
B 71737/146: Wheat harvesting and transport
B 71737/147: Wheat harvesting and transport
B 71737/148: Boat sailing away, possibly the John Lewis Adelaide, although a researcher believes it is 'the auxiliary ketch Nelcebee, not the John Lewis as mentioned. The Nelcebee was built in 1883 as a steam tug, and was converted to a ketch in 1927. She is still in existence at Port Adelaide, owned by the Maritime Museum.'
B 71737/149: Shark fishing
B 71737/150: With friends at the beach
B 71737/151: Family group photograph
B 71737/152: Two men and their vehicles
B 71737/153: Hursthouse family members
B 71737/154: Lillian Ethel Hursthouse (nee Preshaw) with John Wilson Hursthouse
B 71737/155: Hursthouse family members
B 71737/156: Young people in woollen swimming costumes outside a tall striped beach tent
B 71737/157: 'Pop Hursthouse' outside a striped beach tent
B 71737/158: Hangars at Parafield airport ca 1940
B 71737/159: 'My first flight' Vickers Viastra aircraft VH-UOX and VH-UOM outside the West Australian Airways hangar at Parafield aerodrome
B 71737/160: 'My first flight' Vickers Viastra aircraft VH-UOX and VH-UOM outside the West Australian Airways hangar at Parafield aerodrome
B 71737/161: Views of Roseworthy Agricultural College including Tassie Library ca 1931
B 71737/162: Views of Roseworthy Agricultural College including Tassie Library ca 1931
B 71737/163: Views of Roseworthy Agricultural College including Tassie Library ca 1931
B 71737/164: Views of Roseworthy Agricultural College including Tassie Library ca 1931
B 71737/165: Views of Roseworthy Agricultural College including Tassie Library ca 1931
B 71737/166: Wackett Trainer aircraft of the A3 (Third squadron) RAAF at Ballarat Airfield, Victoria, with pilots in World War II flying costume in the foreground. The hills in the background are north of the airport. The planes were used by No. 1 WAGS (Wireless/Air Gunner School), which was located at Ballarat. A3 is the RAAF serial for the Wackett trainers
B 71737/167: Family portrait of the 'Hursthouse family', including 'Mum, Jack, Dad, Helen, Dick'.

Historical information

John Wilson Hursthouse died in a plane crash in March 1945 at Vansittart Bay in Western Australia whilst serving as a Flying Officer with the RAAF.

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