070049 Accession Number: 070049

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Troop traffic between Kelanoa and Point Sio on the Huon Peninsula is by Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM). This LCM has eighty men of the 30th Infantry Battalion and their equipment aboard.

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Accession Number
070049
Photographer
Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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