027451 Accession Number: 027451

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Extensive ARP exercises were carried out by 5,000 ARP workers in seven municipalities in the city of Melbourne under air raid conditions. Here an unexploded bomb disposal squad is seen lifting a bomb from the crater to be loaded onto the truck for transport to a safe area.

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Accession Number
027451
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 November 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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