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Group portrait of officers and airmen of Headquarters Flight, No 8 Squadron RAAF, in front of one of the squadron's Lockheed Hudson aircraft. Identified are, from left to right, back row: eleven unidentified; Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L Blackman; two unidentified; LAC Tonkin; two unidentified. Third row: two unidentified; Corporal (Cpl) Dunn; three unidentified; 5006 LAC Leslie Howard Easther (later Flight Sergeant); two unidentified; LAC Olsen; unidentified; LAC J Croft; unidentified; 3731 LAC George Lewington Eltringham (later Flight Sergeant); LAC Ray; three unidentified. Second row: unidentified; 1540 Cpl Geoffrey James Gillies (later Flying Officer); unidentified; 8067 Cpl Raymond Codewallader McKirdy (later Sergeant); six unidentified; 1285 Sergeant (Sgt) Edwyn Harry Machin (later Flight Lieutenant); Cpl George Foster; Cpl J Downey; Sgt George Robinson; unidentified; 5217 LAC Peter Stuart Montgomery (later Warrant Officer); Cpl J Carter; LAC H Twigg; unidentified. Seated in the front row: 3236 Sgt Hartley Francis Hollier (later Warrant Officer); 3455 Warrant Officer (WO) Lionel George Thomas Hobbins; 4822 WO Gordon Stewart Rowe (later Flight Lieutenant); 3103 Sgt Alphonsus Augustus Gillis (later Squadron Leader); Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) A Frost; 1320 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Donald Sowerbutts (later Squadron Leader); 543 Wing Commander Frank Nesbitt Wright (later Group Captain); 1076 Flt Lt George Sinclair Anderson (later Wing Commander); 1243 Sgt Clifford Albert Pinkus (later Squadron Leader); Flt Sgt J May; 207761 Sgt George Arthur Holmes (later Flt Lt); and 1098 Sgt Ronald Stuart McDonald (later Flt Lt).
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Colour: Black & white
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