044968 Accession Number: 044968

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MATILDA TANK BULL TERRIER, OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT, AIF, ON A TRANSPORTER NEAR BRISBANE IN 1945. THIS TANK FOUGHT IN THE OPERATIONS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AT BALIKPAPAN, NEI, DURING 1945. AFTER THE WAR IT WAS DUMPED IN THE SEA AT MOROTAI. CREW MEMBERS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WERE CAPTAIN N. BENT (STANDING) AND TROOPER K. MCRAE. CREW MEMBERS NOT APPEARING WERE SERGEANT A. MCFARLANE AND TROOPER D. MACFARLANE.

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Accession Number
044968
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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