024788 Accession Number: 024788

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-08. TROOPER W.L. PARRINGTON OF 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT TRAINS HIS BREN GUN SIGHTS ON AN AERIAL "DOG-FIGHT" AND WAITS HOPEFULLY FOR AN ENEMY PLANE TO COME WITHIN RANGE.

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024788
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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