016970 Accession Number: 016970

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New Guinea. Willing hands help two natives to strip palm leaves to decorate the clubrooms for the weekly dance social. At work are Private (Pte) June Wilson of Mildura, Vic, Pte Jean Horner of Loch, Vic; VFX121111 Pte Kathleen Margaret (Peggy) Thomson of Ivanhoe, Vic, a medical officer, and Sergeant John Boyd of Bankstown, NSW.

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Accession Number
016970
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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