017566 Accession Number: 017566

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At Sea, New Guinea. Stoker Wal Barry of Mortdale, NSW, writing letters between watches in the shade of the multiple pompom on HMAS Warramunga.

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Accession Number
017566
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 September 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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