015280 Accession Number: 015280

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NINTH DIVISION A.I.F. AT A CAMP SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC. GUNNER E.W. ("SNOW") KING OF GEELONG, VIC. A SNAKE CHARMER IN PRIVATE LIFE, AND NOW A COOK WITH THE NINTH DIVISION AT AN A.I.F. CAMP SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, MIXES SOME FLOUR FOR SCONES, WITH HIS PET CARPET SNAKE, AGGIE PREPARING TO SLITHER UP HIS ARM. AGGIE KEEPS ALL OTHER "ADMIRERS" AT A RESPECTFUL DISTANCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COOK'S OFFSIDER, WHOM SHE JUST TOLERATES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).

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Accession Number
015280
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 July 1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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