090916 Accession Number: 090916

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Tarakan Island, Borneo. 1945-04-30. WX6046 Sapper C.J. Foley, 2/13th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, returning along a ruined pipeline jetty planking after breaches had been blown in beach wire entanglements.

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Accession Number
090916
Photographer
Sergeant W B Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
30 April 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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