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Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. Personnel of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, line the deck to wave goodbye as the troopship SS Circassia slips away from port taking them on the first stage a long journey to a new operational area. Left to right: 5044 Wireless Operator Hugh H. Hammond (Discip); 12086 Sergeant (Sgt) Leo B. Moran; 11427 Sgt Les Butcher; 6932 Sgt Neil V. McClymont; 15568 Sgt Alan H. Little.
Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. 33655 Corporal (Cpl) Jim McKensey, armourer, of Armidale, NSW, and 12086 Sergeant Leo Moran, on the deck of the troopship SS Circassia which is to take No. 451 (Spitfi
Port Augusta, Sicily, Italy. March 1944. Airmen of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF get their first glimpse of Sicily from the deck of the troopship SS Circassia which brought them all the way from Eg
Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. The long journey by water begins. Personnel of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, line the decks to watch the troopship SS Circassia leave the famous Middle East port f
Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. After weeks of resting and regrouping, members of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, received orders to embark on the SS Circassia for the first stage of the journey to
Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. Informal portrait of 12086 Sergeant Leo Moran of Melbourn, Vic, seems happy to be leaving Egypt. He is a member of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF which is bound for
Port Said, Egypt. 20 March 1944. The long journey by water begins. Personnel of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, line the decks to watch the troopship SS Circassia leave the famous Middle East port f
