015517 Accession Number: 015517

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. PTE. LESLIE GREENWOOD, OF BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. PTE. KEN PUNNELL, OF ROCKHAMPTON, QUEENSLAND, IN A SLIT TRENCH DUG AT THE FOOT OF A TREE IN THE JUNGLE ON MOUNT TAMBU. PUNNELL IS FIRING WITH A TOMMY GUN AT JAP POSITIONS 60 YARDS AWAY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015517
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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