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Caption | General Thomas Blamey and Brigadier David Whitehead inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun, Essex Ridge, Tarakan Island, Borneo, 8 May 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Date | 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseAustralian War Memorial | |||||||||||
Identification Code | 089777 | |||||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 300 x 316 pixels |
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