P02048.008 Accession Number: P02048.008

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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1943. Members of a RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit, Lazarini (left) and Neville John Young stand with a 2000lb United States bomb amidst the rubble and ruin left after a fire in the United States bomb dump. The RAAF Bomb Disposal Unit helped to extinguish the fire and clean up the mess. (Donor M. Young)

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Accession Number
P02048.008
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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