P02274.008 Accession Number: P02274.008

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Darwin, NT. c. 1940-07. Members of a detachment from the 2/1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment watching as one of their battery sets a fuse on a shell. Note that all the men are wearing gas masks and the fuse setting is being done on the rear of a 3" anti-aircraft gun limber. The men had recently arived in Darwin from Port Moresby and were based at Oval Camp, located at local sports ground.

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Accession Number
P02274.008
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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