073632 Accession Number: 073632

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MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-16. THE 1ST WATER TRANSPORT GROUP, AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, LOOKING ACROSS THE CHINA STRAITS. THE BUILDINGS AT THE BACKGROUND COMPRISE OFFICERS' QUARTERS, AN ORDERLY ROOM AND THE STORES CELL. THE NATIVE BOYS IN THE FOREGROUND, SOME OF WHOM ARE SKILLED SHIPWRIGHTS, ASSIST AS LABOURERS.

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073632
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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