073594 Accession Number: 073594

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Forward troops of the 35th Infantry Battalion, crossing the river during their advance up the coast towards Wewak. Identified personnel are: N260218 Private (Pte) M Williams (1); NX90275 Pte J E Johnson (2); NX133004 Staff Sergeant E V J Gilliver (3); Mr N Brown, official war photographer, Australian Department of Information (4); NX157622 Corporal N S Selsby (5); NX131592 Pte E Hale (6).

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Accession Number
073594
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 May 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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