070299 Accession Number: 070299

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VX72048 Sergeant Frank McKechnie of the Military History Section, New Guinea Force, holds his camera high as he and Mr John Quinn, a war correspondent with “The Sun”, Sydney, cross Webers Creek on the Huon Peninsula in the Sio Bogadjim area.

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Accession Number
070299
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
9 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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