SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1943-11-21. THE FIRST INTER-UNIT AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number UK0740
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1943-11-21. THE FIRST INTER-UNIT AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN PERSONNEL DESPATCH AND RECEPTION CENTRE (PDRC) AND RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, LONDON, WAS PLAYED AT BRIGHTON. SEVERAL WELL KNOWN AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS TOOK PART. THE MATCH WAS WON BY PDRC BY TWELVE GOALS TWENTY BEHINDS TO ELEVEN GOALS NINE BEHINDS. SHOWN: 401175 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A. G. SWANN EXPLAINING SOME OF THE FINER POINTS TO A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER.