The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairo, Egypt. 24 August 1944. Sheik Hanna Bisharat invited Australians in the RAAF Liaison Office in the Middle East to be his guests at dinner. The Sheik's association with Australians goes back to the Australian Light Horse of World War I. On their arrival at the dining place the Sheik is welcoming the RAAF Liaison Officer, Group Captain J. E. Graham (extreme left); the Australian Trade Commissioner in the Middle East, Mr James Payne (centre, in white suit); the AIF Liaison Officer, Colonel J. A. Chapman. Wing Commander J. W. Barnaby is on Group Captain Graham's left.
Cairo, Egypt. 24 August 1944. At a dinner party the host Sheik Hanna Bisharat robed Mr James Payne (third from left), Australian Trade Commissioner in the Middle East, in Arabian garments. The Sheik t
Cairo, Egypt. 24 August 1944. Australians in the RAAF Liaison Office, Middle East, were the guests of Sheik Hanna Bisharat, who filled the beer glass of one of the RAAF airmen whom he invited to dinne
Cairo, Egypt. 24 August 1944. Sheik Hanna Bisharat shakes hands with one of the RAAF airmen whom he invited to dinner in a gesture of friendship. Left to right: Two members of the AIF Liaison Staff; M
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. RAAF personnel in the Middle East recorded their votes in the Greater Powers for the Commonwealth referendum. The Chief Returning Officer in the Middle East, Group Captain J. E.
Cairo, Egypt. July 1943. Captain Dennis Adams, Australian Official war artist, held a preview of his paintings of RAAF personnel serving in Italy. Group Captain W. J. Duncan OBE (third, left), RAAF Li
Cairo, Egypt. 8 June 1944. Australian Trade Commissioner for Middle East, Mr J. M. Payne, on stage proposing the toast to Group Captain W. J. Duncan OBE, RAAF Liaison Officer for Middle East, during t
