020095 Accession Number: 020095

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South Australian painter, SZ538 Sapper Leslie John “Doc” Dawes, 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, painted these signs on a road house about Kilo 30 west of Tobruk.

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Accession Number
020095
Photographer
John S Cumpston
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c May 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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