070488 Accession Number: 070488

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Members of a mortar detachment of “B” company, 58/59th Infantry Battalion setting their mortar at Crater Hill in the Finisterre Ranges. Identified personnel, from left to right, are: VX45554 Private (Pte) G. Eisenhouer, VX132347 Corporal Reginald George Fuge, VX143974 Pte Frederick Stephen Conway and V121013 Pte Robert Henry Gillespie.

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Accession Number
070488
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
16 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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