G-AUEJ de Havilland D.H.50A
(c/n 130)

Larkin Aircraft Supply Company Ltd
of Melbourne liked to name all their aircraft. This one was
"Wattle Bird" and
the tilting is seen in script on the fin in this image from the Hood
Collection,
via the State Library
of New South Wales collection. It appears, in this shot, to be
powered by
its original
230 hp Siddeley Puma but at some point in time this was exchanged for a
Bristol Jupiter.
It remained
in service with Larkin until it force landed at Methul, NSW on 9 June
1932 and was
destroyed in the
resultant fire. So far as is known it never wore a VH-
registration.