015486 Accession Number: 015486

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. A JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUN CAPTURED BY AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIGHTING ON MOUNT TAMBU. WARRANT OFFICER E. BRITTEN, OF NEW GUINEA, AND CAPTAIN LEE. MCLAREN, M.C. OF VAUCLAUSE, N.S.W. LOAD THE CAPTURED GUN.

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Accession Number
015486
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
10 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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