VIC0334 Accession Number: VIC0334

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Point Cook, Vic. C. 1942. A WAAAF Sergeant telephonist at work on the telephone switchboard at RAAF Station Point Cook. Switchboards at RAAF Stations and Headquarters formations are almost entirely manned by WAAAF telephonists. (This image appears on Page 30 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store).

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Accession Number
VIC0334
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Base: acetate
Format: 3x4"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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