The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Western Desert. c. 1943. Sergeant John Fleming of Sydney, NSW, a member of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF, looks on while "George", an Egyptian laundryman (dhobi), irons a pair of trousers in a laundry tent. George was a name commonly used for the Egyptian staff.
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Sergeant John Fleming of Sydney, NSW, watches as Egyptian natives set up a laundry (dhobi) business doing the washing on a bench set up on a desert landing groun
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Sergeant John Fleming of Sydney, NSW, watches as Egyptian natives hang clothes on a line after they have been washed in a outdoor laundry (dhobi) on a bench set
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Every day is washing day for this native dhobi set up by hard working Egyptians on a landing ground being used by No. 459 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF, a Naval Co-oper
Western Desert. c. 1942. Ground crew on a tractor used for bombing-up Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 459 (Naval Co-operation) Squadron RAAF.
Western Desert. c. 1943. Members of No. 459 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF, a Naval Co-operation Squadron, operating from a Western Desert airfield, talk to George (an Arab) about the eggs he is trying to sel
Western Desert, North Africa. c. 1943. Portrait of Squadron Leader R. D. Shaw of NSW, a member of No. 459 (Hudson) Squadron RAAF, a Naval Co-operation Squadron, operating at present from a Western Des
