015584 Accession Number: 015584

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NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. LT. STAN CONDON, A.I.F. OF MUDGEE, N.S.W., WOUNDED IN THE MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING, RETURNING FROM THE FRONT LINE TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. WHILST HE WAS WALKING UNDER THE OVERHANGING ROCKS, THE SLIPPERY MUD TRACK IS ONLY 18 INCHES WIDE, AND BELOW IS PERPENDICULAR DROP OF 300 FEET, GENERALLY HIDDEN IN MIST. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).

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Accession Number
015584
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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