070075 Accession Number: 070075

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WX9409 Lieutenant Ronald Archibald James Hall of the 9th Division Salvage Unit holding bottles of Japanese quinine tablets from an open box of abandoned medical stores in the Goaling River area of the Huon Peninsula. Each bottle contains 350 5grain tablets.

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Accession Number
070075
Photographer
Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
25 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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