P00899.002 Accession Number: P00899.002

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Informal portrait of three sappers of the 17th Construction Squadron sitting on the tyres of a grader on Route 52. Left to right: 44888 Sapper (Spr) Roland Paul (Dave) Stott, Spr Bob West (believed to be 18831 Robert Geoffrey West), and 2794392 Spr Michael John Wighton, an Aboriginal serviceman.

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Accession Number
P00899.002
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Format: 4x5"
Date Made
1971
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M J Wighton
Copying Provisions
Internal AWM use only
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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