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CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. AFTER THE SERVICE, THE CASKET WAS TAKEN FROM PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN A PROCESSION TO THE AERODROME WHERE IT WAS FLOWN BY RAAF AIRCRAFT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOR BURIAL. SHOWN, THE PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH THE GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE RAAF AND ROYAL NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES PERSONNEL AT FAIRBAIRN RAAF AERODROME.
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Colour: Black & white
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