G-AUMV  de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth            (c/n  896)

                                 

                                       This Moth was registered to Matthews Aviation Pty Ltd of Essendon, Victoria in 1929.  Does
                                       this image, from the Hood Collection Pt II (Aviation), via the State Library of New South Wales
                                       collection show Mr. Matthews?   It had a series of owners, mishaps and rebuilds in the 1930s,
                                       was re-registered VH-UMV in 1932 and impressed into RAAF service in 1940 as A7-97.   It
                                       did not survive the war and was probably reduced to spares.  The shot below, showing -UMV
                                       as VH-, was taken by the late Daryl Mackenzie in the late 1930s.  The pilot in the rear cockpit
                                       is unknown.