016050 Accession Number: 016050

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An Australian Battery in the Uria Valley covers the Japanese road to Madang. A bare-chested Gunner K. Shepherd of Woodville, SA, with a gift, a shell named 'Gentle Annie', which will be sent to the Japanese during the Upper Ramu Valley advance.

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Accession Number
016050
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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