McBean, Lachie
Title
McBean, Lachie
Lachlan William McBean
Lachlan W McBean
Lachlan McBean
L W McBean
L McBean
Description
117 Items. Collection concerns Lachlan William "Lachie" McBean (1924 - 2019, 430629 Royal Australian Air Force). He was a pilot whose crew had just finished their course at a Heavy Conversion Unit when the European war ended. Collection consist of an oral history interview and photographs of people, places and aircraft.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lachlan McBean and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lachlan McBean and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2016-10-22
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
McBean, LW
Collection Items
Two servicemen
Two men wearing khaki uniform with pilot's brevet standing side by side. Both wear peaked caps and Lachie McBean is on the right with long trousers. Captioned 'Dick & Self'.
Princes Pier Melbourne
View from ship of double deck pier crowded with people. Two gangways ready to be lowered. Captioned 'Princes Pier, Melbourne, Jan 3rd 1946'.
Man aboard ship
Man wearing khaki uniform looking away across upper deck of ship with mast and single funnel. Ship lists to left.
Arcade
View down shopping arcade. Two servicemen wearing khaki uniform, one in shorts the other long trousers half way down amongst other shoppers. Captioned 'London Arcade - Perth'.
Two servicemen
Two men wearing khaki uniform and peaked caps standing side by side. Both have pilot's brevet and Lachie McBean is on the right wearing long trousers. Captioned 'Kep & Self - Perth'.
Wharf at Fremantle
View across narrow strip of water to wharf completely filled with people with buildings behind. 'Captioned 'Crowded wharf at Fremantle, December 28 1945'
Athlone Castle - Fremantle
View across railway tracks to wharf with single funnel liner alongside. Captioned 'Athlone Castle - Fremantle'.
Rottnest Island - Fremantle
View over side of ship with rail in foreground of a low lying island in the distance. Captioned 'Rott Next [sic] Island - Fremantle'.
Man on rolling ship
Man wearing khaki shirt and shorts stand facing away while standing on a locker with mast, deck and funnel beyond him. Ship has list to right. Captioned '[…..], The roll of the ship in the "Bight"'.
Eight servicemen aboard ship
Eight servicemen all wearing khaki shirts and shorts standing in a group by railing of a ship. Man front centre has a camera. Captioned 'John Wheatley, Self, "Doc" Davies, Alf Seamer, Kep Henty-Wilson, Dick Hilton, George Elderfield, Front Keith…
Men sunbathing on ships deck
View looking down at deck with many men sunbathing. At the top by rail a group of men round life rafts.
Two servicemen aboard ship
Head and shoulders view of two men wearing khaki uniform sitting with sea in the background. Man on the left is wears flying officer rank braid. Captioned 'Dick and Alf'.
Two servicemen aboard ship
Head and shoulders view of two man wearing khaki uniform sitting. Lachie McBean is on left. In the background sea. Captioned 'Alf Seamer and self'.
Serviceman on ship
Servicemen wearing khaki shirt and shorts standing in front of a railing aboard ship. In the background deck and stairs.
Man sitting aboard ship
Full length view of man wearing just shorts sitting on a railing on a ship. In the background deck and stairs. Captioned 'K J Henty-Wilson'.
Eight servicemen
Eight servicemen wearing khaki shirts and shorts standing in front of railing aboard ship. The man third from left stands slightly in front with camera.
Crowded deck on ship
View of ship's deck crowded with many people. Mast on left and stowed gangplank. Further mast and ventilators on right.
On-board ship
View of deck between ship super structures. People siting at bottom and others playing game across net in centre. Top left a lifeboat.
Athlone Castle alongside
Single funnel liner tied up alongside wharf on right with cranes and buildings.
Athlone Castle alongside wharf
Single funnel liner tied up alongside wharf with cranes. There are several figures near bow and railway track on the right.
Athlone Castle Bombay
Single funnel liner tied up alongside a wharf with cranes. Captioned 'Athlone Castle - Bombay'.
Collection Tree
- McBean, Lachie