P02257.019 Accession Number: P02257.019

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Madang, New Guinea, 1945-12. In the Officers' Mess at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), a group of RAAF officers enjoys an informal Sunday morning glass of beer with the unit's Commanding Officer, Air Commodore A.L. Walters, who is sitting (fourth from left). The men, some of them bare-chested, are gathered around a table on which stand several bottles and glasses of Tooth's KB Lager. Several of the men are smoking cigarettes. The man at extreme left is 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence.

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Accession Number
P02257.019
Photographer
Allen Griffiths
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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