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R.N.Z.A.F. Photo. Presentation by Air Marshal L. S. Breadner, Air Officer Commandingin-Chief R.C.A.F. overseas, of a framed scroll honouring' a New Zealander, the late Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, V.C., to Group Captain T. W. • White, of the New Zealand Air Liaison Mission in Ottawa. Flying Officer Trigg was trained in Canada and lost his life in a fight in the Atlantic with a U-boat, ivhich his ' aircraft sank. (Evening Post, 27 May 1944)
Switchboard operators at work at the Regional Fire Control Room, Battle Headquarters of the National Fire Service' in London. This switchboard is the nerve centre through which the operations officer receives reports of fires and the progress of enemy Mir raids over the city, and issues his orders. (Evening Post, 27 May 1944)
The Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) being greeted by Miss Iris Crooke, Director-General of Voluntary Aids in New Zealand, at the parade of V.A.D.s on Thursday evening. On Miss Crooke's right are Mrs. 0. B. Hole, Commandant of the Women's Transport Section, and Miss D. Cooper, Wellington Centre Commandant. On the right is Mr. C. H. Chapman, M.P., chairman of the Wellington Centre. (Evening Post, 12 February 1944)
The Arc de Triomphe, tuhere all the important streets of Paris converge, and where every procession is reviewed. Designed by Chalgrin for Napoleon in 1806, this immense arch was not completed until the reign of Louis Philippe in 1836. Built to celebrate the exploits of Napoleon's Grande Arrnee, it noiv shelters the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (Evening Post, 24 August 1944)
The lie de la Cite, which is, filled with some of the most important buildings in Paris, and from which the French Forces of the Interior captured the rest of the city. It includes the Palais de Justice, the Prefecture of Police, the Hotel Dieux, one of Europe's oldest hospitals, and the famous Church of Notre Dame. The island, roimd whichjhe_Seine.flj)WSris tin ,t (Evening Post, 24 August 1944)