016973 Accession Number: 016973

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New Guinea. After tennis ends, afternoon tea is served by native boys on the lawns in front of the club to the convalescent soldiers and Australian Medical Women's Auxiliary Service nurses sitting in cane chairs around the tables.

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Accession Number
016973
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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