016619 Accession Number: 016619

Description

New Guinea. Portrait of Gunner C. Blackford, a lifesaver from Sandringham, Vic, the winner of the surf race. Australians who advanced along the coast of the Huon Peninsula to link up with Americans moving down from Saidor staged an impromptu surf carnival on their first free day.

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Accession Number
016619
Photographer
R J Edwards
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
28 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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