A newsreel item from 1965 about His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, opening the new Royal Australian Mint in Canberra accompanied by then Treasurer, Harold Holt.
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Glass slide. Text reads: 'Hon. Harold Holt M.P. Minister for Labour, National Service & Immigration will speak at Cnr. Guthrie St. & Given Terrace Paddington 8 p.m Wed.
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On 22 December 1967, only five days after his disappearance, a hastily arranged memorial service for Prime Minister Harold Holt took place at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne.