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Local hero Middleton’s painting features in new War Memorial exhibition

Sep 08 2024 Updated September 8, 2024

David Dixon

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The "G for George" Lancaster bomber is the central static display in the new Bomber Command section of the World War II gallery of the Australian War Memorial. The aircraft was a part of the RAAF Squadron 460 during World War II in which former Dubbo High School students Russell Jones, Barrington Knyvett (DFC) and Trevor Mcilveen all died. Image: AWM

A new exhibition space at the Australian War Memorial has a number of local links to the Dubbo community, local historian Patrick Bourke has revealed. By David Dixon

The outstanding painting of a local hero who sacrificed his life over the English Channel in 1944 to save his air crew, is a central feature of the new World War II gallery at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra.

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