015516 Accession Number: 015516

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. UP TO THEIR KNEES IN MUD AND WATER, PTE. LEO BODY, OF PRESTON, VIC., CPL. W. CUMMINGS, OF ST KILDA, VIC., AND LIEUT. S. BELL, OF SOUTH MELBOURNE, FIRING A CAPTURED JAPANESE MACHINE GUN AT A JAP PATROL 60 YARDS AWAY. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE TREE TRUNKS FROM WHICH FOLIAGE HAS BEEN BLASTED BY MORTAR AND ARTILLERY FIRE. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015516
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
30 July 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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