Item 031 - Arthur Wait on HMS Ark Royal

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MT NAM MEM-0015AW-02-031

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Arthur Wait on HMS Ark Royal

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  • 1965 (Creation)

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1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

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Arthur Wait posing by one of the machine guns on board HMS Ark Royal. The photo was taken during Arthur Wait's naval service.

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  • Ingliż

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    On the reverse: ME. ON M/GUN H.M.S ARK ROYAL

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    Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; copy of a positive image on paper. Photographic Type: Gelatin silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 10.0 MB (10,515,884 bytes); JPEG: 1.70 MB (1,789,288 bytes); 1912 x 1832 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600DPI

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    Original found at Arthur Wait

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    Internal relationship: Related to Arthur Wait interview, ephemera and correspondence

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    The digital copy was created on 31/08/2017. Reproduction: scanning, Capture software: Canon 9000F Mark II

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    Photographer: n/a; Location: n/a

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    General Keywords: World War II, Second World War, Grandparents, Sailors, Malta (Senglea; Cottonera; Birzebbuga; Pretty Bay), The Royal Navy, Maltese sailors, British sailors, Withdrawal crisis, Languages, Retirement in Malta, De La Salle College, HMS Ausonia, HMS Belfast, Strait Street, Dom Mintoff, Lord Carrington

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Date of cataloguing: 24/08/2018

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