[Photo] Photographers Private First Class Shemlynce and Private First Class Peter Catizone at work, Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua, mid-1943

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WW2-Era Place Name	Dobodura, Australian Papua
Lat/Long	-8.8044, 148.3089

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