016366 Accession Number: 016366

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New Guinea. US marines standing outside a grass thatched church attending mass on Sunday before their departure from their base for an amphibious attack against the Japanese at Cape Gloucester in New Britain.

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Accession Number
016366
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
30 December 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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