147299 Accession Number: 147299

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Hiroshima Highway, Japan. 1949-06-24. A BCOF bus submerged in water after plunging into the sea on the road between Iwakuni and Kure, killing 3/449 Captain J. F. Smith, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, and injuring nine other members of the Buffalo Lodge.

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Accession Number
147299
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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