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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. AIR COMMODORE J. E. HEWITT OBE (CENTRE) WRITES THE NAMES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES ON BLANK BALLOT PAPER BEFORE VOTING IN THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION. LEFT IS SQUADRON LEADER J. G. EMERTON AND RIGHT IS PILOT OFFICER W. LOWENTHAL.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. AIR COMMODORE J. E. HEWITT OBE, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING NO. 9 OPERATIONAL GROUP RAAF, MAKES HISTORY FOR THE VICTORIAN ELECTORATE OF FAWKNER BY LODGING THE FIRST VOTE OF TH
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. H. STRINGER, 18, OF COLLINGWOOD, VIC, YOUNGEST OF THE UNDER 21'S, CASTS HIS VOTE IN THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION, BESIDE THE RAAF BALLOT BOX.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. SERGEANT W. HOSKING OF ELSTERNWICK, VIC, HOLDS UP THE BALLOT BOX FOR PILOT OFFICER GOFFAGE (THE ACTOR CHIPS RAFFERTY OF "FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN" FAME), THE TALLEST VOTER
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. RAAF AIRMEN ARRIVE IN THE BACK OF A UTILITY TRUCK AT THE OUTDOOR "POLLING BOOTH" TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION. SEATED AT THE TABLE, CENTRE, IS F
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. FLIGHT SERGEANT P. M. SHEAHAN, A MEMBER OF NO. 75 (KITTYHAWK) SQUADRON RAAF, FAMED AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER SQUADRON, VOTES IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION FOR THE SEAT OF CALARE, NSW.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. C. 1943-08. NEW GUINEA NATIVES STOP WORK TO LOOK ON WHILE SQUADRON LEADER ARCHIE MACARTHUR RAAF OF BAIRNSDALE, VIC, RECORDS THE FIRST SERVICE VOTE FOR THAT AREA IN THE AUSTRALIAN FED
