138941 Accession Number: 138941

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Melbourne, Vic. 1943-05-24. A member of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), Aircraftwoman Margaret Jones, winding up the mestra starter on a Wirraway aircraft of the RAAF.

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Accession Number
138941
Photographer
Herald Newspaper
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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