017560 Accession Number: 017560

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At Sea, New Guinea. On HMAS Warramunga, Warrant Officer MacDonald of Lewisham, NSW, checking the Gyro repeater compass. Commander N. McKinnon, RAN of Bellevue Hill, NSW, Captain, is in the background, left.

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Accession Number
017560
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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