015285 Accession Number: 015285

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NEW GUINEA. MRS VERA MORTON, THE LAST WOMAN TO BE EVACUATED FROM NEW GUINEA, IS NOW BACK AGAIN AS A RED CROSS WORKER. HERE SHE IS WITH SOME OF THE LADS SHE HAS TAUGHT THE ART OF MAKING USEFUL HANDICRAFT WORK WHILST THEY ARE IN HOSPITAL. WITH MRS MORTON IS PTE. DOUG. JOHNSON OF BENTLEIGH VIC. CPL. RALPH FARRAND OF ORANGE, N.S.W. AND TWO NATIVES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015285
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
26 July 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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