MEC2363 Accession Number: MEC2363

Description

Cairo, Egypt. 1943. Informal portrait of Section Officer Dorothy Hallett, known to people in Melbourne as Dorothy Anderson. Mrs Hallett found herself in England at the commencement of the war and later joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in which she has served since 1939, and came to the Middle East in July 1942.

Details

Accession Number
MEC2363
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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