128430 Accession Number: 128430

Description

HERAKLION, CRETE. 1941-05. AN OLIVE GROVE BELOW A STEEP HILL, TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WHERE THE 2/4TH BATTALION FOUGHT NEAR THE TOWN. (PHOTOGRAPH COPIED FROM THE 2/4TH BATTALION WAR DIARY, APPENDIX F, 1941-05 AND REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: GREECE, CRETE AND SYRIA, PAGE 210).

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Accession Number
128430
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 4 in x 5 in
Image: 2 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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