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The 1930-31 'Discovery' Expedition to Antarctica: cover bearing…
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20-Sep-2011
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The 1930-31 'Discovery' Expedition to Antarctica: cover bearing 1½d Sturt, tied by superb 'B.A.N.Z. 1930-31 Antarctic Research Exp.' handstamp; self-addressed to S.A.C. Campbell. Stuart Alexander Caird Campbell (1903-1988), air force officer, aviator. On 26 April 1926 he enlisted in the R.A.A.F. He completed flying training and was commissioned on 1 November. Promoted to flying officer in 1927, he was posted to No.101 Flight, which was surveying the Great Barrier Reef. In 1929 he served in the seaplane-carrier HMAS Albatross before being selected as the senior pilot to the 1929-30 & 1930-31 British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, led by Sir Douglas Mawson. With Pilot Officer Eric Douglas, he pioneered flying in Antarctica in their Gipsy Moth seaplane. Campbell was promoted to flight lieutenant in July 1930. He was to be awarded the Polar medal in 1934.
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