P02336.005 Accession Number: P02336.005

Description

Outdoors portrait of four members of an Allied Traffic Control unit standing to attention in front of the unit's Ford sedan car. The four men are (left to right): an Australian Army Military Policeman (MP); a RAAF Service Policeman; an Australian civilian policeman and a US Army MP. The car has a loudspeaker mounted on its roof and a sign painted on its bonnet which reads: 'U.S.A.U.12182 Allied-Traffic-Control.

Details

Accession Number
P02336.005
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M. Worster
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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