Rathmines flying boat base's 75th anniversary

By Jamieson Murphy
Updated September 11 2014 - 10:29am, first published September 9 2014 - 5:53pm
PASSION: Alec Howard has hand-crafted many of the model aircraft that will be on display at Rathmines on Parade on September 27 and 28. Picture: Jamieson Murphy
PASSION: Alec Howard has hand-crafted many of the model aircraft that will be on display at Rathmines on Parade on September 27 and 28. Picture: Jamieson Murphy

ALEC and Joy Howard spent two years tracking down the photo of the first Australian soldier to die in the Pacific in World War II.

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