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Photograph MALTA0489 Period 1950-1959Wives 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

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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 right: Pablo, a local vegetable seller; Mrs Tony Gillies of Punchbowl, NSW with her daughter Lorraine; and Mrs Barbara Steet of Sans Souci, NSW.
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

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

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

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
Corporal Tony Gillies of Sydney, NSW (left) chats with Air Vice Marshal J A Gray CB, CBE, DFC, GM, who is visiting 78 Fighter Wing RAAF. The Wing is stationed in Malta for garrison duty.

Three wives of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF officers watching a Maltese lace maker at work. The Wing was based in Malta for two years while carrying out garrison duty in the Mediterranean. Left to right: Mr
