017369 Accession Number: 017369

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Members of the 37/52nd Infantry Battalion of an Australian patrol carrying a Vickers machine gun in parts pick their way through dense undergrowth on Karkar Island in pursuit of the Japanese. Gun crew, left to right: VX115994 Private (Pte) J. Barclay; VX132393 Pte R. J. Morley; VX120260 Pte J. E. Fry; VX122014 Pte W. Christopher (obscured); VX137576 Pte W. McNamara; VX122015 Corporal Kevin Joseph Condon.

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Accession Number
017369
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
27 June 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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