016078 Accession Number: 016078

Description

NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF A PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT GO OUT ON PATROL IN A FORWARD AREA. SGT. F. WUST OF EUMUNDI, QLD, SEES HIS PATROL ACROSS A RIVER.

Details

Accession Number
016078
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Acetate
Date Made
8 November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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