025628 Accession Number: 025628

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS IN NEW GUINEA KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR JAPANESE RAIDERS DURING AN "ALERT". NOTE SHELLS IN POSITION ON GUN, WITH MORE READY IN MAN'S HAND.

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Accession Number
025628
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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