016830 Accession Number: 016830

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New Guinea. Lieutenant G. Koshnitsky of Sydney, NSW, well known champion chess player, plays forty games at once in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) recreation hut.

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Accession Number
016830
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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