005937 Accession Number: 005937

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RAAF personnel waving from a bus as they prepare to embark on the Canada 7 convoy. Most of these men would have later served in England after receiving their Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) intstruction at airfields throughout Canada.

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Accession Number
005937
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 February 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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