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A postcard sent by John to his parents showing three views of the falls and one view of the fall's bridge. Describing his arrival at the Falls Hotel and wishing his family a merry Christmas.

View of falls in the distance. On the reverse 'Victoria Falls (or part of it) July 1942'.

Captioned 'Victoria Falls (Main Falls)

Captioned 'Eastern Cataract Victoria Falls'.

Photograph of part of the Falls, captioned 'Victoria Falls'.

A lake with small floating pontoon and launch in foreground.

A large waterfall falls into a gorge.

Zambezi River flowing through a narrow gorge with cliff either side.

In the foreground, the Zambezi river runs in a narrow gorge with steep cliffs either side. In the background the Victoria Falls waterfall. Scene is framed by trees.

Falls in the distance and a river stream in the bottom right disappears over a fall. In the foreground trees.

A large waterfall falls into a river in a gorge with cliffs either side. On the reverse 'Vic Falls 1942'.

A large waterfall in a gorge with tree lined cliffs either side. On the reverse 'Victoria Falls, July 1942, 400 ft drop'.

Two oxen harnessed together are pulling on a pole for a rotary machine - possibly a well. An African man stands by a barrel on the left. In the background a hut and hills. On the reverse 'Untali, 1941'.

Scenic shot of mountains in the distance. A low hill in the foreground left with valley beyond. In the foreground sparse bush-land. Second photograph same as the first, on the reverse 'Umtali, Rhodesia, 1943, Christmas pass'.

Two shirtless men wearing shorts standing in long grass holding an object between them. The man on the left is wearing a topee. In the background bush and trees. On the reverse 'Pedro Walker and Lo[...] Sellers, Mt Hampden, Rhodesia, 1941'.

Two airmen wearing tropical uniform, the front one with pealed cap and the other with flying helmet, standing in front of port wing of a Harvard. Submitted with caption 'Harvard Pilot Training Rhodesia 1945'. Additional information kindly provided by…

Ben Openshaw (left) and an airmen by a cliff. The man in front is sitting wearing shorts, short sleeved shirt and side cap. In the background a huge waterfall.

John, standing at the centre of a group of seven men in swimming trunks and towel turbans. On reverse 'At the swimming pool. You can see Pat, Jim and myself 1st 2nd 3rd from the right'.

Transcript of F Dunn's memoir describing life before and after joining the RAF. It includes induction and starting off in the RAF in England and then his sea voyage to South Africa, where he underwent initial training in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Thirty three bareheaded men in uniform arranged in three rows; one row sitting with two rows standing behind. Four of the men are wearing armbands on their left sleeves. John is in the front row, fifth from the left. On reserve 'S. Rhodesia 12-1-43…

Top: A Harvard with wheel chocks. Captioned, 'Harvard'. Centre: Parts of an Oxford on the back of a flat bed 1941 Ford Stake truck, registration number G 1775. Captioned, 'crash being taken in'. Bottom left: Looking into an Oxford's aircraft's…

Five uniformed men sitting on a rock in open scrubland. John is in the centre with an open jacket. On the reverse 'The five of us at Hillside dams'.

Four men wearing towels as turbans with one shrouded in a sheet. Two are holding knives pointed at one man kneeling in front. The groups is outside a single storey corrugated roofed building with canvas openings.

Cornell on ground in front of hangar, Tony O'Brien sitting on left hand trailing edge, captioned 'Tony O'Brien and Cornell aircraft Guinea fowl'.

John sitting outside a grass walled building. One is annotated 'To mother and father with fondest love John'.