062969 Accession Number: 062969

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Spectators watching the play during the cricket match between the officers and other ranks of the Australian Women's Services. Identified, left to right are: VF345014 Major (Maj) D L Madden, Australian Women's Army Service (sitting cross legged, wearing glasses with jacket over her shoulders); NFX12617 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Kathleen A L Best, RRC, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (wearing one leg pad and sitting next to Maj Madden); unidentified woman wearing sunglasses; Controller VF345075 Lieutenant (Lt) E M Miller, Australian Women's Army Service (with sunglasses in mouth); VF143893 Colonel (Col) Sybil Howy Irving, MBE, Australian Women's Army Service (kneeling in foreground, buckling up leg pad); VF396086 Lt D M Arland, Australian Women's Army Service (partially obscured behind and to the right of Col Irving); NF278361 Captain (Capt) G V Gehan, Australian Women's Army Service (third from right); VF346609 Lt M F Wheatland, Australian Women's Army Service (second from right); VFX361 Colonel A M Sage, RRC, Matron In Chief, Australian Army Nursing Service (far right, wearing white).

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Accession Number
062969
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
23 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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