122186 Accession Number: 122186

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SYDNEY, NSW 1945-12-22. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOWGROUNDS. A CHRISTMAS AND FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN BY WOMEN OF THE VOLUNTEER AID DETACHMENT (VAD) AT MARCUS CLARKE BUILDING PRISONER OF WAR SECTION. IN THE FOUR YEARS THE VAD'S HAD BEEN AT THE SHOWGROUND THEY SERVED MORE THAN 500,000 CUPS OF TEA TO RETURNING PRISONERS OF WAR AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)

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Accession Number
122186
Photographer
Corporal Ernest Mervyn McQuillan OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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