121488 Accession Number: 121488

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SAME, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-16. ONE OF THE POSTO BUILDINGS SHOWING THE RESULT OF RAAF AND JAPANESE BOMBING. THIS POSTO WAS OCCUPIED AT VARIOUS TIMES IN 1942 BY THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY AND BY THE JAPANESE. IT WAS FROM THIS POSITION THAT THE JAPANESE MENACED THE EVACUATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GUERRILLAS IN 1942-12. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. DAVIS)

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Accession Number
121488
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 3/16 in x 4 3/8 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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