WW2 soldier. From Auckland. Photographed packing ammunition during the WW2 advance towards Florence, Italy. (Information from file print DA-06575).
Long, David Oliver, 1919-1999
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D O Long packing machine gun ammunition into a gun carrier during the advance to Floren...
Date: 21 Aug 1944
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004
Reference: DA-06575-F
Description: Caption from back of DA file print reads: "D O Long packing machine gun ammunition into a Bren [further note on file print reads: Not Bren - probably Honey] gun carrier before moving forward during the Div advance towards Florence." Photograph taken by G F Kaye, 21 August 1944. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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D O Long and J Cobb ready to move forward on their Bren carrier in the advance towards ...
Date: [ca 21 Aug 1944]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004
Reference: DA-06574-F
Description: D O Long (Auckland) and J Cobb (Petone) ready to move forward on their Bren carrier during the advance towards Florence, Italy, during World War II. A good supply of ammunition is shown piled on the rear of the carrier. Photograph taken circa 21 August 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative