094443 Accession Number: 094443

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SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-24. PRIVATE R.A. TUMNEY, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, FINDING IT HARD TO KEEP A DRY SEAT IN HIS JEEP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE FLOODED MOBIAI RIVER WHICH HAD RECEIVED 20 INCHES OF RAIN DURING JULY.

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Accession Number
094443
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 July 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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