025890 Accession Number: 025890

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. A HOT AND DUSTY AUSTRALIAN DESPATCH-RIDER STOPS TO SMILE AT THE CAMERA WHILE TRYING TO FORCE HIS MOTOR CYCLE THROUGH THE LONG GRASS WHILE ENGAGED ON MANOEUVRES IN THE NEW GUINEA BUSH.

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Accession Number
025890
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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