SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1940-08. THE INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE DORMITORIES IN THE THREE ...

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Accession Number 078727
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1940-08. THE INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE DORMITORIES IN THE THREE STOREY CONCRETE BARRACK BUILDING FOR AIRMEN AND JUNIOR NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE STATION, SEMBAWANG, WHICH WAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. THE PERSONNEL IN THIS DORMITORY ARE FROM NO.8 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, BUT THE BLOCK PROPER HOUSES PERSONNEL FROM:- NO.8 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE; NO.1 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE; NO.23 SQUADRON, "THE CITY OF MELBOURNE SQUADRON, (CITIZEN'S AIR FORCE) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE; NO.453 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, (TERMED-AN-INFILTRATION SQUADRON, IN THAT THE GROUND STAFF WERE AUSTRALIAN WHILE THE OFFICERS ARE FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE).