OG1836 Accession Number: OG1836

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Informal group portrait of Australian airmen of No 3 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF watching one of Leyte Island's national sports, cock fighting. They later examined the contestants. 121357 Corporal (Cpl) Frederick Percy Werrin, Draughtsman from Melbourne, Victoria, is examining a bird, watched by, from left to right: 139885 Flying Officer William Herbert Stewart McGlashan, Administration Special Duties from Taree, NSW; 57813 Sergeant (Sgt) Frederick Alexander Badenhope, Draughtsman from Ballarat, Victoria; Leading Aircraftman (LAC) A Shaptla from Sydney, NSW (probably 134098 LAC Albert Lee Shapter, Shoemaker from Birchgrove, NSW); 131353 LAC Sidney James Cunneen, Driver Motor Transport from Sydney, NSW; 50195 Cpl Leonard Victor Crawford, Shoemaker from Osborn Park, Western Australia; 50195 Sgt Henry Gordon Frederic Prittie, Draughtsman from West Coburg, Victoria.

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Accession Number
OG1836
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
2 December 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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