We sighted the Southern Cross tonight

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'We sighted the Southern Cross tonight & the first time I've seen it since 1916' - E.H. Aubrey, Soldier's diary

'On 1st May, 1941, I entered Burnham Military Camp, Pte. R.T. Street, 19088' - Rewai Street : World War II letters, diaries and photographs

Sergeants Mess, Japan, on the way home. November 1952. Norman Pierson : Korean War Photographs

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