P00712.005 Accession Number: P00712.005

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El Daba, Egypt, 1943. Corporal Harold Reynolds Johnson, a mechanic with No. 451 Squadron RAAF, sitting on one of the squadron's motor cycles at an airfield on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The squadron was involved in the defence of the Nile delta and in protecting allied convoys in the Mediterranean. (Donor M. Johnson)

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Accession Number
P00712.005
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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