016869 Accession Number: 016869

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Dutch New Guinea. Corporal Les McKay of Albury, NSW, compares his rifle to the 'goose-gun' of Antonius, a Javanese native boy, who makes his living by shooting wild geese in the swamplands.

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Accession Number
016869
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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