020727 Accession Number: 020727

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Dust begrimed crew of a Bren Gun Carrier of the 24th Infantry Brigade near Tobruk. From the left: VX43094 Private (Pte) Bruce Richard Stephens of Brighton, Victoria; WX1702 Pte Rex Newcastle Thomsett of Perth, Western Australia; QX350 Pte John (Jack) Youngman of Brisbane, Queensland and “Doc” Jones also of Brisbane.

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Accession Number
020727
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
11 September 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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