015576 Accession Number: 015576

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. A WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIER BEING CARRIED FROM THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT HOUSE BANANA PRIOR TO BEING HANDED OVER TO THE NATIVE BEARERS, KNOWN AS FUZZY WUZZIES, WHO WILL CARRY HIM TO THE NEXT STAGING CAMP. HERE THE MEN REST IN BUNKS WHICH ARE IN TIERS, THE WALLS BEING COVERED BY BLANKETS.

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Accession Number
015576
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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