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Photograph MALTA0488 Period 1950-1959Wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF personnel shopping in a small town near Valletta. The Wing was stationed in Malta for garrison duty. Identified left to right: Mrs Joyce Jacobs of Warwick, Qld; Mrs Pam

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Group portrait of two Australian airmen and their wives at the wharf. The women have just disembarked from HMAS Moreton Bay; they have come to join their husbands, who are stationed in Malta with 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. Identified left to right: Barbara Steet with her husband Corporal Ron Steet of Sans Souci, NSW; and Leading Aircraftman Vern Ridge of Wagga Wagga, NSW with his wife Margaret.
Wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF personnel shopping in a small town near Valletta. The Wing was stationed in Malta for garrison duty. Identified left to right: Mrs Joyce Jacobs of Warwick, Qld; Mrs Pam

Wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF personnel, based in Malta for a two year period of garrison duty, shopping at the markets in a small town near Valletta. Identified left to right: Mrs Margaret Ridge of

Some wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF personnel, based in Malta at the time, admiring the new baby daughter of Mrs Pam Thompson and Leading Aircraftman Alan Thompson of Glenbrook, NSW. The photograph wa

Two wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF personnel at the markets in a small town in Malta. The Wing was based on the island while carrying out garrison duties in the Mediterranean. Identified left to righ

In response to the hot weather and the presence of Canadian and American troops, many members of 78 Fighter Wing who are stationed in Malta have opted for a crewcut. Identified left to right: Corpor

Squadron Leader Ron Sharkie, of 78 Wing, RAAF, stationed in Malta, meets his wife, Heather, aboard the Moreton Bay when she arrived there with their four daughters, Kaye, Jan, Margaret and Robyn.
