P02435.143 Accession Number: P02435.143

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Dandenong Ranges, Vic. 1944-02-20. Informal portrait of three Australian servicemen, left to right: Chief Steward Ted Morfitt of WA and MV Koolinda; Leading Aircraftman Thomas H. Ryan of NSW; Purser Harry James of WA and MV Koolinda, outside the Church of St Michael and All Saints, Mount Dandenong. They were guests of Mr and Mrs Tom Rose who on a regular basis, often three times a week, entertained many servicemen who were visiting Melbourne between 1940 and 1948. They would collect the men, often in groups of three, and drive them to the Dandenongs, hotels or theatres in the city, their home in Malvern or Flemington racecourse where the men would be their guests for the day. Often they would take photographs of the men and send a print to them afterwards. (Original print housed in AWM Archive Store and related material held in AWM Private Records)

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Accession Number
P02435.143
Photographer
Tom Rose
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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