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Fur small photographs, first and second show small town from the sea, captioned ' Jamestown St Helena'.
Third and fourth showing ships side with small boats, captioned 'Bartering with the people of St Helena'.

Album page with four small photographs, first captioned 'Entering Freetown Harbour, Sierra Leone'.
Second 'Water boat Freetown'.
Third 'Natives diving for 'Glasgow Tanners' Freetown'.
Fourth 'Bartering with the natives of Freetown'.

Photographs showing part of the ship's side and waves.

First post card captioned 'Main Street, Jamestown, St Helena'.
Second captioned 'Hutts Gate, leading to Longwood, St Helena'.
Third captioned 'View showing the ridges and Diana's Peak, St Helena'.

Sketch map of Geoff's journey from Gwello in Southern Rhodesia to Liverpool between 6 and 26 October 1945.

The Star, Johannesburg, Transvaal 5 September 1939, reporting on General Smuts was now the Premier of South Africa, the sinking of the Athenia and the RAF bombs Kiel.

Picture of a liner at sea.

Small African child eating slice of water melon. On the reverse 'The Water Melon'.

Formal portrait, upper torso of Geoff with trainee flash in cap and white belt.

Geoff Paine in flying kit, parachute harness over shoulder, standing behind left wing root of Oxford. On the reverse 'Pilot Geoffrey Hugh Paine 1947 [deleted] Gwelloe, S. Rhodesia [/deleted] R.A.F. Valley conversion to multi engines A/S Oxford'.

Geoff in Royal Observer Corps uniform standing next to Spitfire named Observer Corp.

Geoff wearing parachute harness, standing next to nose of aircraft.

Full length with ROC other ranks, end of building and rural background

Geoff as a trainee aircrew being presented with his wings on a parade in a hangar. captioned 'Wings presetation 3-9-46'.

Full length photograph of Geoff in Royal Observer Corps uniform, pilots brevet with wife Evelyn in bridal dress, standing outside the porch of a building.

Geoff Paine attended High Wycombe Royal Grammar School and Falmouth Grammar School, joined Air Training Corps and volunteered for the Royal Air Force at eighteen. Upon competition of initial training he was posted at RAF Waltham (100 Squadron) then…