Royal Australian Air Force charge form

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Type: Documents
Date: 29 May 1944
Materials: Paper
Collection: Parsons collection
Accession number: 2007.0101.0027

Description

A Royal Australian Air Force charge form printed on a sheet of light brown A5 sized paper filled in with handwritten black text. The form is humorously made out to 'Corporal J. Parsons'. In the column 'Punishment Awarded.' is the handwritten text 'To be stung by the Queen Bee' with a drawing of a bee in black and red ink below. The form is dated '29:5:44'.

About the collection

The Parsons Collection consists of a wide range of material relating to John Parsons' Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) career during World War II, his 1941 marriage to Sylvia Johnson and their early postwar life. The collection includes his uniforms and kitbag; items thought to have been souvenired from the 1940 Canberra air crash; and photographs connected with his operational tours to New Guinea in 1942-3 and to Borneo in 1945. The Parsons' wartime wedding is represented by Sylvia's wedding dress, cake decorations and other accessories, a teapot and two framed wedding photographs. Their early postwar life is illustrated by photographs and documents relating to their building and purchase of a war service home in Canberra. Through its rich range of objects, photographs and documents, this collection illustrates how two young Australians experienced the Second World War: one ground crew in the RAAF and the other a working war bride. Its significance rests in its range and complexity.

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