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| Keywords: australian war memorial australianwarmemorial mascot uniform hat ww2 second world war secondworldwar soldiers 1945 ferdie pygmy flying phalanger pygmyflyingphalanger animal pet soldier raaf spitfire squadron flying officer flyingofficer robert addison man person flying phalanger flyingphalanger animalia chordata mammalia marsupialia diprotodontia petauridae petaurus glider marsupial robert addison robertaddison blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white ID Number: OG2824 Maker: John Thomas Harrison Place made: Halmahera Islands, Morotai 'Ferdie', the Pygmy Flying Phalanger, is on active service with a famous RAAF Spitfire squadron. He belongs to O35898 Flying Officer (FO) Robert Addison of Elwood, Vic, who brought him from Bathurst Island. 'Ferdie' spent a wild youth, but now is a reformed character. When he reached the larrikin stage, he acquired a taste for beer and could drink a long tablespoon with any squirrel, but at aerobatics, his judgment went to pieces after twenty minutes intermittent drinking, he even fell into a full glass of beer. Since then, not a drop of liquor has passed his lips. As one of the squadron's mascots, the teetotal possum met with a lot of competition. Among his rivals were fifteen dogs, a cat, another possum and a rooster. FO Addison claims Ferdie's success was due to his reputation for temperate living. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL:http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG2824 ID Number: OG2824 Maker: John Thomas Harrison Place made: Halmahera Islands, Morotai 'Ferdie', the Pygmy Flying Phalanger, is on active service with a famous RAAF Spitfire squadron. He belongs to O35898 Flying Officer (FO) Robert Addison of Elwood, Vic, who brought him from Bathurst Island. 'Ferdie' spent a wild youth, but now is a reformed character. When he reached the larrikin stage, he acquired a taste for beer and could drink a long tablespoon with any squirrel, but at aerobatics, his judgment went to pieces after twenty minutes intermittent drinking, he even fell into a full glass of beer. Since then, not a drop of liquor has passed his lips. As one of the squadron's mascots, the teetotal possum met with a lot of competition. Among his rivals were fifteen dogs, a cat, another possum and a rooster. FO Addison claims Ferdie's success was due to his reputation for temperate living. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL:http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG2824 | ||||
