027830 Accession Number: 027830

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Members of the staff of 121 Australian General Hospital (121 AGH) sawing firewood for the kitchens. The wood is collected and brought in by locally engaged Aboriginal Australian workers. Pictured are (left to right): Private (Pte) G. Ross, Pte J. Graham, Pte S. Cheney, Pte C. Halling and Sergeant A. C. Wilcox. The original captions notes that “the wood is collected and brought in by [Indigenous Australians] under the supervision of Australian Army personnel".

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Accession Number
027830
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 November 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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