Lot 2140

Description

Receipt for goods, supplied to Gilnough, Bolton 8/5/1833, signed by William Harrison; London letter dated 31.12.1839 to H.G.Holden; letter dated 31.3.1841 to Mr Sep Herbert, Waterloo House, Hindley St, Adelaide, South Australia; envelope imprinted General Chen Chia-shang, Chinese Air Force, Office of the Commanding General, Taipei, Taiwan, China, postmarked Taipei 31.7.1959, Chinese text written on, addressed to Air Marshall F.R.W.Scherger, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. One tear and some foxing on last otherwise fine, the rest good - fine. (4)

Septimus Herbert, aged 79, arrived in Adelaide 1839. Frederick Scherger was a senior commander in the RAAF and from 1957 until 1961 he served as Chief of the Air Staff, the highest ranking position in the RAAF. His career started at RMC Duntroon in 1921 graduating in 1924 as the King's Medal winner. About this time he requested secondment to the RAAF, this later being made a permanent transfer of service. He made the first public freefall parachute descent in Australia at Essendon, Victoria in 1926. He had an illustious military career. RAAF Base Scherger, Australia's northern air base near Weipa, Cape York is named in his honour.