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A man standing outside a Hindu temple. He is wearing long robes.

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A view across the river with trees on both banks. On the reverse 'The Mawataganger River Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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A low building on a rise with steps and gardens leading up to it. On the reverse 'No 1. (our mess) RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Two cuttings referring to RAF Neepawa.
Item 1 shows a Tiger Moth, a ground crew woman and two airmen.
Item 2 is an article about local businesses supporting the RAF. It also describes Commonwealth and British pilots.

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26 airmen arranged in three rows. They are all dressed in shorts and khaki. Behind are palm trees. On the reverse several of the men have signed their names plus 'No 9 Admin Course March 1946 RAF Kandy Ceylon'.
There is a second identical copy.

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A large building with one airmen walking in the front. On the reverse 'No 2 Officers' Mess RAF Kandy with "Paddy" walking along the steps Ceylon May 1946'.

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Two field workers in the foreground and two in the background. They are working on a rice field. On the reverse 'Boys cutting paddy (rice) at Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Eight Ceylonese working in a paddy field. On the reverse ' "Another Paddy Field being cut" at Kandy, Ceylon May 1946'.

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A view across paddy fields. On the reverse 'The paddy fields near the camp Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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A view of a palm tree, looking up its trunk. On the reverse 'One of many palm trees around here. Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Three palm trees reflected in a pool. On the reverse 'A view just outside our billets, Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Top left - two men, one wearing swimming trunks, the other shirt and shorts standing either side of a local boy on a beach with trees in the background. Captioned 'Engineer (J Ormerod) a Sinhalese boy and self on beach at Negombo, Ceylon, March…

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Airmen's billets at RAF Kandy. The buildings are built into a hillside surrounded by palm trees. On the reverse 'Scene of our billets from the main road. Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Two views of the camp from above. On the reverse of the first 'A view of a part of the camp. Kandy Ceylon May 1946.'
On the reverse of the second 'Overlooking the camp at RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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A sign indicates that this is the entrance to RAF Kandy. Coming out of the camp are five people. On the reverse 'Camp notice board on the road to No 1 Mess RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946.'

MCollerAS1874018-170424-01.pdf
A Christmas card issued by the RAF station with details of the events happening over Christmas, social and sporting. There are also adverts for church services and various merchants and a book shop.

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An air mail registered envelope addressed to Section Officer Anne Imming HQ Air Command, Colombo. It has been torn in half. Sender was in Srinagar, India.

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Seven airmen arranged in two rows outside wooden huts. They are dressed casually in shorts and khaki. On the reverse 'RAF Kandy Ceylon March 1946'.

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A large hill identified on the reverse as 'Segaria Colombo'.

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A thatched building with a pile of bricks and tiles outside. On the reverse 'A brickworks on the camp road. Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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Ceylon Government Railways (CGR) 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive. On the reverse 'Ceylon Trains at Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

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A low building with a statue of a soldier on a horse in the gardens. On the reverse 'The Phoenix Tea Gardens Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

MCurnockRM1815605-171114-021.pdf
The official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St John War Organisation. This edition covers the Editors comments, Repatriation Arrangements, Liberation comes to Stalag IXA, Behind the Scenes about theatrical endeavours,…
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