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[Prime Minister John Curtin's casket being carried up the steps at Parliament House, Canberra, 6 July 1945] [picture]
Bib ID 1487259
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline
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Description 1945 
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 10.5 x 15 cm. 
Series

Collection of photographs of the memorial service for Prime Minister John Curtin held at Parliament House, Canberra, 6 July 1945.

Biography/History

Wartime Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in office six weeks before the end of the Second World War.

Notes

Title devised by cataloguer from inscription on reverse.

Part of a collection of photographs of Prime Minister John Curtin's memorial service held at King's Hall, Old Parliament House at 2 p.m. on 6 July, 1945. Images are of the ceremony, the politicians and dignitaries attending inside King's Hall and the crowds outside Parliament House.

Condition: Good, glued to card.

Inscriptions: "N2043" --In ink upper left corner. "Funeral of John Curtin July 1945" --In ink on reverse.

Subjects Curtin, John, - 1885-1945 - Death and burial - Photographs.  |  Parliament House (Parkes, A.C.T.) - Photographs.  |  Memorial rites and ceremonies - Australian Capital Territory - Canberra - Photographs.

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