015574 Accession Number: 015574

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. AN AMMUNITION DUMP OF AN AMERICAN BATTERY, THE FIRST IN NEW GUINEA. THESE GUNS WERE CARRIED IN PARTS WEIGHING UP TO 100 POUNDS OVER THE PRECIPITOUS LABABIA RIDGE FROM NASSAU BAY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015574
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
16 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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