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Dawson Field
Top left - large group of men gathered round field kitchen with lorry in the background. Captioned 'Breakfast queue Dawson Field'. Top centre - four men standing round a trestle table preparing food with lorry in the background. Captioned '"Bert" & "Paddy" preparing bread pudding'. Top right - three airman in various poses behind a lorry with tents in the background. Captioned '"Gilly", Arthur, & Kingstone on fatigues'. Bottom left - a person in Arab dress holding a child. In the background a Bedouin tent. Captioned 'A wog and his abode in the desert'. Bottom centre - a group of men standing in a field kitchen surrounded by boxes. Captioned 'Cookhouse Dawson Field'. Bottom right a person in Arab dress standing in open ground with low hill in background' Captioned 'One of the many.'.
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Six b/w photographs mounted on an album page
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On the road to Transjordan
Top left - from a hill looking down on a snaking road. Captioned 'Part of the road'. Top centre - a road with slope either side taken from the roof of a vehicle. Captioned 'View from ambulance of road'. Top right - road snaking from bottom right to middle left running through hilly country with sparse scrub. Captioned 'The road to Dawson Field'. Middle left - line of vehicles from front on a narrow road with groups of men standing either side. Captioned 'Convoy to Trans Jordan [sic]'. Middle centre - a lorry head on with doors open and two men standing to the right. Captioned '"Gilly", Len, "Spike"'. Middle right - Two lorries side and head on driving in flat ground. Captioned 'Two faithfuls'. Bottom left - a line of lorries, front one with doors open and man leaning on door. Groups of men on the right side. Captioned 'A break on the road'. Bottom right - an airman leaning on the door of a lorry. Captioned '"Gilly" & The Queen of the road'.
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Eight b/w photographs mounted on an album page
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Operations at Dawson Field Trans Jordan
Top left - three tents in line with flag pole with Royal Air Force flag. In the background Spitfires and vehicles. Caption 'Camp at Dawson Field Trans Jordan'. Top centre - two tents with Spitfires and vehicles in the background. Captioned 'M.T. tent'. Top right - a number of tents in a flat landscape. Captioned 'Full view of camp'. Bottom left - front quarter view of Ju 52 parked with vehicle to the left. Captioned 'Junkers 52 German'. Bottom centre - front quarter view of Ju 52 parked with a large number of onlookers mostly in desert uniform. Captioned 'Junkers 52'. Bottom right - five Spitfires in line parked. Captioned '32 Sqdn "Spits", Dawson Field'.
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