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A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing battledress on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird in his number one uniform on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A full-length portrait of H.P. Bird and a young woman named Edith in the grounds of the Esplanade Hotel at Busselton, Western Australia. (Roll film negative)
A group of five shaven headed apprentices on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
Henry P. Bird, an apprentice from the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924), standing on the beach at Fremantle, Western Australia. (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing a dufflecoat and mittens on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A group portrait of H.P. Bird with Miss Driscoll and a young woman named Edith in the grounds of the Esplanade Hotel at Busselton, Western Australia. (Roll film negative)
Henry P. Bird, an apprentice from the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924), standing on the beach at Fremantle, Western Australia. (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing an oil-smeared boiler suit on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A full-length portrait of Henry P. Bird, the second officer on board the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) while under way at sea. (Roll film negative)
A three-quarter length portrait of Captain Henry Bird standing on the quayside in front of the motor tugs Halaib (1980) and Trinkitat (1980) berthed at Borkum, Germany (Colour transparency)
A full length portrait of Henry Bird on board the tanker Malwa (1961). (Colour transparency)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing a swimming costume on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A half-length portrait of apprentice H.P. Bird on the monkey island on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at Tocopilla, Chile. (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing tropical short-sleeved shirt and shorts on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
A portrait of apprentice Henry P. Bird sitting on a rock at Sublime Point Lookout, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. (Roll film negative)
A group view of the photographer Henry P. Bird and the captain John Williamson standing by a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105C helicopter in Siracuse, Sicily, Italy (Colour transparency)
A group of five shaven headed apprentices on board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) while at sea. (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird on board the Overseas Tankship tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945). (Roll film negative)
A full length portrait of Third Officer Henry P. Bird wearing civilian shirt, tie and trousers on board the Anglo-Saxon Shell tanker Mactra (1936). (Roll film negative)
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