015583 Accession Number: 015583

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. PTE. KEITH WELLS, A.I.F. OF BRISBANE, WOUNDED IN ACTION ON THE KOMIATUM AREA, BEING CARRIED BY NATIVES THROUGH SLUSH AND MUD TO HOSPITAL. WELLS WAS CARRIED FOR FIVE DAYS BY NATIVES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015583
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
19 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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