070358 Accession Number: 070358

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The Convalescent Depot maintained by “A” Company, 8th Field Ambulance. The site, formerly a casualty clearing station, is in a portion of the WaiganI Plantation and lies about half a mile from the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit native labour camp at Baraga.

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Accession Number
070358
Photographer
Captain George Harvey Nicholson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
10 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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