016041 Accession Number: 016041

Description

Private J. McAlpine of Toowoomba, Qld, Sergeant B. Waldock of Perth, WA, Sgt Bill Thomas of Albany, WA, and Pte Bill Garbett of Kalgoorlie, WA, cooking meals for patrols which pass through this forward area during the Upper Ramu Valley advance. Metal buckets hang on short branches hanging from a rough hewn wooden frame, a fire burning beneath the buckets cooks the food.

Details

Accession Number
016041
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
1 November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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