016641 Accession Number: 016641

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NEW GUINEA. A CLOSE-UP OF A WIRELESS OPERATOR. FLIGHT SERGEANT LEE REID OF LEWISHAM DURING A FLIGHT OVER NEW BRITAIN. THE WIRELESS OPERATOR KEEPS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER PLANES IN NO 100 (BEAUFORT) SQUADRON RAAF AND WITH HIS BASE. BEFORE JOINING UP FLIGHT/SERGEANT REID WAS WORKING AS A MUNICIPAL CLERK.

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Accession Number
016641
Photographer
Frank N Bagnall
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
6 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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