D00693 Accession Number: D00693

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London, England. June 1919. Captain Gordon Coghill MC, 35th Battalion (left), a very successful amateur boxer in Australia, and Second Lieutenant Matty Smith, Australian Flying Corps, who won numerous contests in Australia and America, Australia's representatives in the heavyweight and lightweight boxing divisions respectively at the Inter-Allied games, Paris, June-July, 1919. They are wearing their AIF uniform.

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Accession Number
D00693
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
June 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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