141870 Accession Number: 141870

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Melbourne, Vic. 1944-10-25. Mrs Lukis and Air Commodore F. W. F. Lukis, CBE, Air Member for Personnel, RAAF, welcome the 20,000th recruit into the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF).

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Accession Number
141870
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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