Featured Story
Featured Story
The FEATURED STORY pays tribute to a person, and or event, connected to 1 W.A.G.S Ballarat.
The story commemorates the valiant RAAF 1 W.A.G.S trainees who served in WW2 in all theatres of war – those who lost their lives and those who returned.
The FEATURED STORY honours -
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT PETER CHARLES TUSTIN ARMYTAGE OAM
Flight Lieutenant Peter Armytage trained as a Wireless Operator at No.2 WAGS Parkes N.S.W and Gunner at Port Pirie South Australia. He became part of Bomber Command's 625 Squadron flying Lancaster aircraft in bombing raids over Germany.
On his last operation Peter's aircraft was shot down on the Dutch-German border. Peter was hidden by the Dutch underground but eventually became a POW. Repatriated back to Australia in 1945 Peter became a renowned horse racing identity.
He received an OAM for his service to horse racing and as an owner.
