014554 Accession Number: 014554

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AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. TO BRIGHTEN UP THEIR LIVING QUARTERS NURSES HAVE PLANTED FLOWERS NEAR THEIR TENTS AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA. NX70624 (N78763) SISTER Mary Garnham McIlrath, 2/9 AGH of Manilla, NSW, WATERS THE GARDEN WHILST QX41049 SISTER Jean Annie Whelan OF WOOLOOWIN, QUEENSLAND, LOOKS ON. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

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Accession Number
014554
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 April 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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