018517 Accession Number: 018517

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BUT, NEW GUINEA. MAY 1945. FATHER JOHN ALOYSIUS MOGAN OF MELBOURNE, VIC, CELEBRATING MASS FOR 6TH DIVISION TROOPS ON THE EVE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFEAT OF THE JAPANESE FORCES ON THE WEWAK PENINSULA. FATHER MORGAN LATER BECAME CHAPLAIN GENERAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

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018517
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
May 1945
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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