016053 Accession Number: 016053

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An Australian Battery in the Uria Valley covers the Japanese road to Madang. Lance Bombardier J. Kenny of Essendon, Vic, and Sergeant F. McLaughlan of St Kilda, Vic, are cooking on an improvised stove made from shell case boxes and tins during the Upper Ramu Valley advance.

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Accession Number
016053
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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