017672 Accession Number: 017672

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Commodore Showers (left) and Lieutenant Commander Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle, Gunnery Officer of the HMAS Shropshire

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Accession Number
017672
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
27 September 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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