078353 Accession Number: 078353

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SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. CORPORAL KWAINGU, BREN GUNNER AND SECTION COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. CORPORAL KWAINGU WAS FORMALLY A MEMBER OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE, HE ESCAPED AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.

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078353
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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