070514 Accession Number: 070514

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Australian and American ambulance drivers playing cards while awaiting the arrival of casualties at Ward’s Drome (Wards Airfield), Port Moresby. They meet the planes in rotation irrespective of whether the casualties are American or Australian.

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Accession Number
070514
Photographer
Sergeant W B Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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