P00561.042 Accession Number: P00561.042

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Sydney, NSW. C. 1944. Area Club Director, H. L. Trites, explains the outsize citation which he presented to volunteers' group captain at a farewell party for Australian women volunteers held by the American Red Cross. The party was held at Kensington Golf House, one of the most successful of many Red Cross Recreation Clubs organised for American servicemen when they were in Australia. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store at Department of Information N934g)

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Accession Number
P00561.042
Photographer
Australian News And Information Bureau
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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