020077 Accession Number: 020077

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VX48227 Driver Charles Timothy Jury, Australian Imperial Force, examines one of a battery of four Italian coastal guns captured by allied troops near Tobruk.

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Accession Number
020077
Photographer
John S Cumpston
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c April 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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