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C E W Bean

Old photo of the Pool of Reflection,
from NCDC publication, 1970s

"Here Is Their Spirit"
A History of the Australian War Memorial
1917-1990
by Michael McKernan, 1991
published for the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Memorial.

bought at the Memorial on 11-11-91

See the early pine trees here.. static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_SCREEN/P...

Chatting with our new Senior neighbour, she mentioned her father moved from Melbourne and took up the position of clerk in the Photographic Records Section after the War He retired in 1966.

I loaned her my copy of the book, where she found a photo of him on p188

They also lived in their first home for years, when Canberra's population was in the 1000s..

He didn't take any photos!!
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  • Taken: Apr 26, 2015
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  • Updated: Apr 29, 2016