P00562.157 Accession Number: P00562.157

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c. 1919-03. Members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, watch as two of their unit take part in a pillow fight while sitting astride the booms of the troopship Janus. The sport was part of the activities organised on their return journey to Australia from Calcutta, arriving in Sydney on 1919-04-08. (Donor E. Keast Burke)

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P00562.157
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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