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Odisho B'Malik Khiyo with fellow Levies officers

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Odisho B'Malik Khiyo with fellow Levies officers

Place
Iraq
Date
1940s
MilitaryPortrait

Studio portrait of four officers of the RAF Levies in uniform and plumed slouch hats. The caption places Odisho B'Malik Khiyo (born in Baqubah in 1921; served in the Levies from 1943 until their disbandment in 1955) on the right, with a British officer and two Assyrian officers beside him.

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Source

Assyrian RAF Levies website (assyrianlevies.info), page dedicated by Barseen Oshana

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