The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. At the Hogg Markets, 423804 Flying Officer Elvin Matley, RAAF of Glen Innes, NSW, ponders whether folks would like to carry a brocaded Indian handbag in Glen Innes, but decides against buying one.
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. Along one of the alleys of the Hogg Markets, jammed with stalls selling everything from gems to junk, stroll RAAF men on leave. Left to right: 413799 Warrant Officer (WO) I.
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. Most interesting items in this collection of all kinds of hardware, from carpenter's tools to garbage caps, are Ghurka Kukris, here being inspected by RAAF men on leave at th
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. RAAF men on leave enter the Hogg Markets. The goods on sale are tourist junk hastily turned out to entice money from the pockets of men who have spent months in the jungle. L
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. 'Burra Sahibs' frown on such antics by RAAF servicemen but 418274 Warrant Officer (WO) W. G. (Hap) Hazard of Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic, between the shafts of a rickshaw, know
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. You might sell one of these to some newcomer whose knees aren't sunburned yet, but I've been in India too long. You can't sell elephants to me, 413799 Warrant Officer I. G. (
Calcutta, India. c. 1945. 21390 Warrant Officer C. E. (Ted) Martyn, RAAF of Coffs Harbour, NSW, at Hogg Markets, inspects one of the gaudily embroidered souvenirs made in thousands for sale to service
