012420 Accession Number: 012420

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Probably SYDNEY, NSW. LIEUTENANT HARGRAVE, THE SENIOR OF TWO US AIRMEN WHO MADE A FORCED LANDING IN THE SEA OFF AMBON, IS A NATIVE OF NEWBURG, INDIANA AND RECEIVED HIS WINGS AT THE FAMOUS PENSACOLA FLYING BASE AT FLORIDA. HIS COLLEAGUE, C.L. NELSON, FIRST CLASS RADIO MAN, HAS SERVED IN THE US NAVY FOR FOURTEEN YEARS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SPENT AT PEARL HARBOUR. THEY ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA AFTER A LONG JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH SOME AIF PERSONNEL.

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Accession Number
012420
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 March 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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