017455 Accession Number: 017455

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New Guinea. Australian Red Cross hospital workers at an Australian base military hospital at Lae distribute books and cigarettes to war patients. Grace Moore of Wallaroo, SA is on the left, and Muriel Lakeman of Cammeray, Sydney, NSW is in the centre.

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Accession Number
017455
Photographer
Jack Band
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 3 in x 4 in
Image: 2 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in
Date Made
23 August 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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