016784 Accession Number: 016784

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New Guinea. Five diggers help another over the crest of a steep 200 feet climb. The mortar crew is on the move in the tough Finisterre Ranges, members of an outfit which helped clear the Japanese in the Mintjim Valley.

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Accession Number
016784
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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