017012 Accession Number: 017012

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New Guinea. Private Bob McLachlan of Brisbane, Qld, made 'cobbers' with 'Gunny' a young Javanese native boy, and presents him with a model fighter plane he has carved for him.

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Accession Number
017012
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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