MELBOURNE ?, VIC. 1945. PORTRAIT OF HARRY REIDY BEFORE LEAVING FOR BALIKPAPAN TO TAKE OVER THE ...

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Accession Number 125885
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative film pack nitrate
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MELBOURNE ?, VIC. 1945. PORTRAIT OF HARRY REIDY BEFORE LEAVING FOR BALIKPAPAN TO TAKE OVER THE WRITING OF "BILL SMITH'S DIARY", THE POPULAR DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SUNDAY NIGHT RADIO SHOW. HE REPLACES BILL SMITH WHO WAS KILLED AT BALIKPAPAN BY MACHINE GUN FIRE. HIS TYPEWRITER WAS SALVAGED AND WILL BE USED BY REIDY WHO WAS DISCHARGED AFTER FOUR YEARS SERVICE WITH THE AIF.