070537 Accession Number: 070537

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Unit “9PA” Broadcasting Studio, controlled by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the American Armed Forces Radio is a popular amenity recently installed at Port Moresby. Captain Edgar L. Tidwell of Hollywood, California, (at left) Field Supervisor of the Armed Forces Radio Service in the South West Pacific Area is pictured in No1 Studio with Mr Val J. Anderson, Australian War Correspondent and Australian announcer reading his script.

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Accession Number
070537
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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