020669 Accession Number: 020669

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Wounded being carried through a gap in the barbed wire entanglements around Tobruk near Headquarters, 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. In addition to the stretcher patient another is being carried pick-a-back style.

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Accession Number
020669
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 September 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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