Summary

Wooden rib from the lower wing of a German Rumpler biplane. Consists of a 3-ply web with oval lightening holes and includes sections of two lower wing spars. Obtained in Palestine during the First World War by Lieutenant S.A. Nunan and presented to the Museum by his brother Paul in 1922. Lt Stanislaus Acton Nunan of Melbourne served with No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps in Palestine as a pilot from March 1918 after transferring from the AIF engineers. He was killed in a motorcycle accident at Aspendale racecourse on 10 December 1921. He had been a partner in the motorcycle import and repair business, Clarke & Nunan and a well-known local motorcycle racer before and after the war.

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