015468 Accession Number: 015468

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NEW GUINEA. AS THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU NEAR SALAMAUA GOES ON AUSTRALIAN VETERANS REALISE THEY HAVE NEVER FOUGHT A NASTIER COMBINATION THAN THE JUNGLE AND THE JAPANESE. HERE ARE PTE. JIM REGAN OF KALGOORLIE, W.A., AND PTE. NEVILLE PRETTY, OF COLERAINE, VIC., RESTING ON THE TRACK LEADING FROM MOUNT TAMBU TO THE ALLIED REAR AREAS, (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015468
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
9 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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