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Photograph MED0094 Second World War, 1939-1945Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. A happy South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force member in her smart uniform framed in a lifebelt of their houseboat billet, named Lotus, moored in the River Nile.

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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. "Och, I come from Bonnie Scotland! I do my own!" says one of the members of the South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force who occupy a houseboat billet moored on the River Nile. She is ironing in her cabin.
Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. A happy South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force member in her smart uniform framed in a lifebelt of their houseboat billet, named Lotus, moored in the River Nile.

Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. 'Mohamed, where's my laundry?' A South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force member talks to a houseboy (known as a suffragi) on a houseboat billet moored on the River Nile. The s

Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. The dining room on the houseboat billet moored on the River Nile and occupied by South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). The houseboys (known as suffragis) serve the W

Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. Members of the South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force, bright and early for the day's work, line the side ready to leave their houseboat billet, named Lotus, moored in the Ri

CAIRO, EGYPT. 1942-01. THE STAFF OF THE OFFICER'S CONVALESCENT HOSTEL, THE HOUSEBOAT "VICTORIA", ON THE NILE RIVER.

CAIRO, EGYPT. 1942-01. THE HOUSEBOAT "PURITAN", USED AS A LEAVE AND CONVALESCENT HOSTEL ON THE RIVER NILE.
