017042 Accession Number: 017042

Description

Dutch New Guinea. Australian troops patrolling a river in a native canoe (prau) fitted with an outboard motor.

Details

Accession Number

017042

Photographer

Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

3 May 1944

Place Made

Dutch New Guinea

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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