020231 Accession Number: 020231

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TX687 Sergeant Keith Meredith Pither, 2nd Australian General Hospital, third place in the 100 metres Open Championship at the official Aquatic Sports Carnival held at “The Lido”, Suez Canal, receives his trophy from Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey who opened the facility

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Accession Number
020231
Photographer
Lieutenant Arthur John Faithfull
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
30 August 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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