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Francis Stewart Briggs standing in front of his D.H.4 aircraft [PRG 280/1/35/199] • Photograph

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Summary

Francis Stewart Briggs standing in front of his D.H.4. Born in Calcutta, Briggs a Telegraph Operator joined the AIF in 1915 while living with his widowed mother in Prospect, South Australia. In 1917 he was given a commission in the Royal Flying Corps and at the end of the war flew Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes between London and Paris during the Versailles peace talks. In 1920 Briggs pioneered the air route from Melbourne to Perth and return, and in 1921 between Melbourne and Alice Springs.

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Physical description

Photograph; 11 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

1921

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Briggs, Francis Stewart, 1897-1966
Airplanes -- Australia
Air pilots -- Australia

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General notes

Brigg's diary, 1916 to 1926, published as Joysticks and fiddlesticks : the unofficial history of a Flying Kangaroo, or, The Flying Kangaroo / by F.S. Briggs and S.H. Harris ; with a foreword by E.C. Johnston, London : Hutchinson, [1938?].

Digitisation information

Date

20/04/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,000 x 2,221 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

6.67 MB

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