022586 Accession Number: 022586

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Flying Officer (FO) Thomas Hamilton Trimble of No 3 Squadron RAAF (centre), telling of his experiences after he had been shot down in the Western Desert on 20 December 1941. Badly burnt on the face, he was befriended by Arabs. The officer on the left is FO J C McLeod and on the right is FO Ronald Ronaldson.

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Accession Number
022586
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 24 December 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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