025618 Accession Number: 025618

Description

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AN A.I.F. "ACK ACK" GUNNER APPLYING GREASE TO THE BREECH MECHANISM OF AN ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN AFTER AN ENGAGEMENT WITH JAPANESE PLANES IN NEW GUINEA.

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Accession Number

025618

Photographer

Lieutenant Thomas Fisher

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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