071815 Accession Number: 071815

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FINSCHHAFEN - SIO AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-31. JAPANESE AMMUNITION COLLECTED FROM DUMPS IN THE AREA BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS. THE AMMUNITION DISPLAYED, READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS: 70MM BATTALION GUN, (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 70MM BATTALION GUN, (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (ARMOUR PIERCING TRACER); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE, HOLLOW CHARGE); 75MM REGIMENTAL GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM FIELD GUN (HIGH EXPLOSIVE); 75MM FIELD GUN (SMOKE, WHITE PHOSPHOROUS); 75MM FIELD GUN (ARMOUR PIERCING TRACER).

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Accession Number
071815
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
31 March 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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