MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-14. SCENE AT THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN GET TOGETHER FUNCTION AT THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 029613
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03-14. SCENE AT THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN GET TOGETHER FUNCTION AT THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND WHEN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WERE HOSTS TO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN. IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING TO WARM THINGS UP THE MARINES BAND PLAYED A FEW NUMBERS, AND HERE SOME OF THE LADS ARE ENJOYING THE MUSIC AS THE SUN STEADILY SETS.