016993 Accession Number: 016993

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New Guinea. Able Seaman James Newton of Port Melbourne, Vic, cleans the pompom barrel as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, steams to the assembly point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.

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Accession Number
016993
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 April 1944
Place Made
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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