David Arnold Ray letters, 1941-1942

MLMSS 9517/Box 1X

fonds

1941-1942

958055

0.40 meters of textual material (1 outsize box) - 40 x 27 cm.

1. Brown buckram volume of typed copy letters of David Arnold Ray (called Arnold) from 25 January 1941 to 25 January 1942. Volume titled, 'Arnold Ray's Letters'.

Letters tell of his travels in the R.A.A.F. during World War 1939-1945 from his boarding the ship 'Aorangi' as it sailed to New Zealand and Alberta, Canada where he had further training. He was sent to England where he was a Flying Officer in the R.A.F. 53 Squadron. His plane crashed in the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean on the 24 February 1942. He was 25 years old.

2. Short biography on David Arnold Ray.

3. Copy of the New South Wales Federation of Bushwalking Clubs 25th Anniversary Commemoration Service of the Unveiling of the Bushwalkers' War Memorial, Splendour Rock, Mount Dingo Wild Dog Mountains at 6.15 am Sunday 6th May 1973.

4. Pages 5-8 from The Bushwalker newsletter. Contains articles on members of the bushwalking club who lost their lives during World War 1939-1945.

5. Letter to Jean from Norm McPhee dated 18 June 1991 concerning the provenance of the bound volume.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and David Arnold Ray