141871 Accession Number: 141871

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Melbourne, Vic. 1944-10-25. The 20,000th recruit taken in to the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) being "sworn in" at the city recruiting depot.

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Accession Number
141871
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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