OG0649 Accession Number: OG0649

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PAPUA-NEW GUINEA AREA. 1944-02-04. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) K. G. WILLIAMSON, MORNINGTON, VIC, LAC A. H. MOORE AND CORPORAL S. A. PARSONS WITH THE CARGO IN A RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE THREE OF THE ORIGINAL NEW GUINEA MEMBERS OF DIRECTORATE OF AIR TRANSPORT ALLIED AIR FORCES SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA AND THEIR MOST REMARKABLE CARGOES WERE A SCORE OF JAPANESE PRISONERS FROM THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE, AND A LOAD OF WOUNDED ARAB AND LASCAR SEAMEN, VICTIMS OF A JAPANESE RAID.

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OG0649
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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