015512 Accession Number: 015512

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NEW GUINEA. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL MOVES FORWARD THROUGH SHATTERED TIMBER TO OBSERVATORY HILL, ALMOST DIRECTLY NORTH OF MUBO. THE ADVANCE WAS FACILITATED BY WHAT THEN WAS THE BIGGEST AIR BLITZ ON A SINGLE LAND TARGET IN NEW GUINEA AGAINST THE JAPS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015512
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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