D00427 Accession Number: D00427

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General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with Anzac pilots inside the hangar at the aerodrome. Left to right, back to camera: Lieutenant (Lt) Lees, Australian Flying Corps (AFC); two unidentified; W. R. Sheppherd.
Facing camera: General Birdwood; Major Roy Cecil Phillipps MC DFC, Commanding 6th Training Squadron; Captain L. H. Holden MC, 6th Training Squadron (white flying suit); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) W. O. Watt OBE, Commanding 1st Wing AFC; Lt Col Horace Clowes Brinsmead MC, Staff officer for aviation; Major R. S. Brown, Commanding 5th Training Squadron; two unidentified (obscured).

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Accession Number
D00427
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original negative other
Date Made
March 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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