P00086.010 Accession Number: P00086.010

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CAIRO, EGYPT 1940. FROM MAURICE SHELDON, NEWCASTLE WHO RETURNED TO ENGLAND AT OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES 1939 AND BECAME PADRE OF SECTION UNKNOWN. PRIOR TO GOING BACK TO ENGLAND WAS AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH COOKS HILL, NEWCASTLE NSW. "THE TALL ONE WAS MY DRIVER-BATMAN. WE SOON MADE HIM INTO AN "EMERGENCY OFFICER AND TEMPORARY GENTLEMAN". (LEON CAIRO).

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P00086.010
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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