SEA0209 Accession Number: SEA0209

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Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. A game of chinese checkers fills in a stand down day for these transport crews of No. 194 (Dakota) Squadron RAF, operating on the Burma front. Left to right: 423341 Warrant Officer (WO, later Flying Officer [FO]) Alfred Leslie Siddons and 421488 WO (later Pilot Officer [PO]) Phillip Maurice Gunn of Caulfield, Victoria, while a friend from the RAF looks on. PO Gunn was later lost in operations over India on 03 May, 1945..

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Accession Number
SEA0209
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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