024655 Accession Number: 024655

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-28. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS SWIMMING IN THEIR HOME-MADE BATHE AT A LAGOON NEAR EL ALAMEIN. NOTE THE TIN CANOE IN FOREGROUND.

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024655
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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