MED1947 Accession Number: MED1947

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Cairo, Egypt. 21 December 1944. The bride and bridegroom leave St Andrew's Church after their wedding ceremony. Flight Sergeant Molly I. Dunlop of Glasgow, Scotland, was the first Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) to wear one of the two wedding dresses which have been presented to the service by a Cairo resident, at her marriage to Flying Officer J. F. A. Ellis, RAAF, of Creswick, Vic. The styles for these wedding dresses were chosen by a committee of airwomen from designs drawn by a WAAF officer.

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Accession Number
MED1947
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession MED1947

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