015394 Accession Number: 015394

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NEW GUINEA. MUBO CAMPAIGN. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT THE JAPS FROM NASSAU BAY TO MUBOM GAZE AT SALAMAUA. IN THE DIRECT LINE IT IS NOT SO VERY FAR AWAY FROM THESE TROOPS, BUT ITS CAPTURE WOULD MEAN HARD FIGHTING IN COUNTRY ALMOST AS BAD AS THE KOKODA TRAIL. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015394
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
4 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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