015470 Accession Number: 015470

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NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN CROSSING THE BITOI RIVER ON A MAKE-SHIFT BRIDGE. THERE WAS BITTER FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ALLIES AND THE JAPS AT BITOI RIVER FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE RETREATED TO MUBO. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015470
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
9 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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