016740 Accession Number: 016740

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New Guinea. A local native carried in a stretcher gets a cigarette and a light from Corporal D. Wright of Tamworth, NSW, as a patrol returns to camp in the Finisterre Ranges after a ten day patrol.

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Accession Number
016740
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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