016023 Accession Number: 016023

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An Australian Battery in the Uria Valley covers the Japanese road to Madang. Gunner F. Brown of Bondi, NSW, and Sergeant M. Webb of Terang, Vic, take a message at their receiving post, the main nerve centre of the artillery during the upper Ramu Valley advance.

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Accession Number
016023
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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