070039 Accession Number: 070039

Description

Alongside 111th Casualty Clearing Station approximately 10 miles from Nadzab along the Markham Valley Highway is a large water filled gravel pit fed by a nearby stream. It is used as a swimming pool by patients two of whom are seen standing in the foreground.

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Accession Number
070039
Photographer
Captain George Harvey Nicholson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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