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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 March, 1959. "In rain yesterday afternoon, an R.A.F. Hastings landed at Ohakea bringing with it General Sir Richard Hull, the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces. He was accompanied by Lady Hull. The photograph shows the General disembarking from his aircraft."

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

March 19, 1959

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_015145

Format

B&W negative

Held In

"Other"