059582 Accession Number: 059582

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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. GUNNERS OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION POSE WITH A JAPANESE .5 HEAVY MACHINE GUN WHICH THEY CAPTURED. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- QX8775 PRIVATE A.M. JOHNSTON (1); NX59266 PRIVATE J.A. BEAMAN (2); NX52519 CORPORAL A. ROWLEY (3); NX24045 LANCE CORPORAL P. MILLER (4); NX34475 SERGEANT S.E. MURRAY (5).

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Accession Number
059582
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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