025162 Accession Number: 025162

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-10. MEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL ENGINEERS WITH A NEW TYPE OF ANTI-MINE DEVICE. THESE ROLLERS MADE FROM OLD PETROL DRUMS AND PIECES OF PIPING AND FILLED WITH CEMENT ARE ATTACHED TO PROTRUDING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, WHICH IS THEN REVERSED THROUGH A MINE-FIELD, BLASTING A TRACK AS IT GOES.

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025162

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Photograph

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Negative

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Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate

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Whole

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1

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