122187 Accession Number: 122187

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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW GROUNDS, SYDNEY. LIEUTENANT COLONEL MCEWAN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES (AMF) DISCHARGE DEPOT, CUTTING THE CHRISTMAS CAKE AT THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTEER AID DETACHMENT'S (VAD) CHRISTMAS PARTY IN MARCUS CLARKE BUILDING. HE IS SURROUNDED BY VAD'S AND EX PRISONERS OF WAR.

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Accession Number
122187
Photographer
Corporal Ernest Mervyn McQuillan OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 November 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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