017538 Accession Number: 017538

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Lae, New Guinea. A native adjusts the Victory War Loan poster for display on the coconut palm tree trunk. The poster, 'Save for the brave. Let us avenge the nurses' depicts the hospital ship Centaur which was sunk 14 May 1943.

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Accession Number
017538
Photographer
Jack Band
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 September 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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