Royal Australian Air Force Interim certificate of discharge

View this record on the National Museum of Australia's website

Type: Certificates
Date: 3 December 1945
Materials: Card
Collection: Parsons collection
Accession number: 2007.0101.0032

Description

A certificate printed on blue paper with Royal Australian Air Force insignia at top. Printed text on front cover reads 'ROYAL AUSTRALIAN / AIR FORCE / INTERIM / CERTIFICATE / of / DISCHARGE / R.A.A.F. Form P/P.158/ (Sept., 1945)'. Inside the number '14194' is typed next to printed text 'No.' and 'SGT' is typed next to printed text 'Rank'. The name 'PARSONS John William' is typed next to printed text 'Name'. A stamp in the top right corner reads '24 DEC 1945 / LIQUID FUEL CONTROL / AUTHORITY - A.C.T.'. The certificate is signed and dated at the bottom '3 DEC 1945'. Stamped text on back cover begins 'MEMBER SERVED IN / A COMBAT ZONE...'.

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.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:26:28 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-24. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.