020730 Accession Number: 020730

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Looking particularly dusty, WX1702 Pte Rex Newcastle Thomsett of Perth, Western Australia, after a run across the dusty terrain of Tobruk in a Bren Gun Carrier.

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Accession Number
020730
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 September 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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