070065 Accession Number: 070065

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Mr Alan Scott, a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) representative and 8th Brigade Welfare Officer, at his stand on SIo Beach, Huon Penisula, serving tea and biscuits to troops arriving by barge. The stand is known by troops as “Cobbers Café”. Mr Scott moved into Sio when the 4th Infantry Battalion moved in on 21 January 1944.

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Accession Number
070065
Photographer
Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Date Made
24 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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