015471 Accession Number: 015471

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NEW GUINEA. AS THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU NEAR SALAMAUA. GOES ON, AUSTRALIANS VETERANS REALISE THEY HAVE NEVER FOUGHT A NASTIER COMBINATION THAN THE JUNGLE AND THE JAPANESE. HERE ARE WOUNDED RETURNING FROM THE FRONT LINE ALONG A MUDDY TRACK. PTE. FRED ALLAN, OF MENZIES, W.A. AND PTE. NEVILLE PRETTY OF COLERAINE, VIC., ARE THE TWO CLOSEST TO CAMERA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015471
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film duplicate 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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