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Second Lieutenant Raymond Parer [PRG 1123/41/1] • Photograph

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Summary

Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Raymond John Paul Parer in military uniform.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 9.2 cm x 7.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1917

Collections

Part of Bishop Family
Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Parer, Raymond J. P. (Raymond John Paul), 1894-1967
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia
Soldiers -- South Australia
Military uniforms -- Australia

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Historical information

Raymond John Paul Parer (1894-1967) was an airman and adventurer born in South Melbourne. Parer enlisted in the Australian Flying Corps and on 1 June 1917 he was commissioned as second lieutenant and embarked for Britain three weeks later, qualifying as a pilot on 15 February 1918 with the rank of lieutenant. Parer was posted to the Central Despatch Pool, Royal Air Force, where he tested and ferried various aircraft to units in Britain and France, and was twice recommended for an Air Force Cross. Parer paired with Lieutenant John McIntosh to take part in the Australian Government's £10,000 air race from England to Australia in a single-engine de Havilland D.H.9 biplane, G-EAQM, departing England 8 January 1920, and arriving in Darwin 208 days later on 2 August 1920. They completed the first single-engine aircraft flight from England to Australia and were each presented with an Air Force Cross. Parer formed Parer's Commercial Aviation Service in Melbourne and continued to take part in aviation contests and events until he suffered a crash on take off in February 1922. In 1926 Parer formed The Bulolo Goldfields Aeroplane Service Ltd in New Guinea. Parer served as a mechanic aboard the Melanesia during the Second World War, and after the war worked as an engineer aboard ships, boat operator, and manager of two small farms in Queensland. [Source: Keith Isaacs, 'Parer, Raymond John Paul (1894-1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography].

Digitisation information

Date

30/07/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,950 x 4,942 pixels (19.5 MP)

Size

58.59 MB

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