016743 Accession Number: 016743

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New Guinea. A log pile serves as a table as a game of cards gets under way at Casey's Knoll high in the Finisterre Ranges. These soldiers have just returned from a tough ten day's patrol along the track that leads to Japanese held Bogadjim.

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Accession Number
016743
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
27 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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