070011 Accession Number: 070011

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A member of “A” Company, 2/9th Infantry Battalion (possibly QX343526 Private Leslie James Andrews) asleep in his dugout on one side of the “Pimple”, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.

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Accession Number
070011
Photographer
Captain George Harvey Nicholson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
10 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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