H12830 Accession Number: H12830

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Australian Army 590 Lieutenant Arthur Lionel Keith Cooper and 859 Lieutenant John Malbon Maughan on board the troopship Berrima bound for New Britain. The ship was carrying the first contingent of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) which was to remove German control from the area.

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Accession Number
H12830
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor W. Pearce
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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