Corporal McKenzie and Sergeant Brown of Three Platoon, in their last position before the fall of Florence, Italy

Corporal McKenzie and Sergeant Brown of Three Platoon, in their last position before the fall of Florence, Italy
Date
[ca 3 Aug 1944]
Reference
DA-14520-F
Description

Corporal B A McKenzie ("Pancho", seated at gun) and Sergeant G P Brown of Three Platoon, 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion, at their last gun position in the hills south of Florence before the city's capture during World War II. Photograph taken circa 3 August 1944 by an unidentified photographer.

Publication note - Kay, Robin Langford. `27 (Machine Gun) Battalion'. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch, 1958. Following page 294

Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of DA file print, possibly from Mr Nicol

Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negative

Provenance: Copy of photograph from the collection of A Gladstone for the Department of Internal Affairs' `New Zealand War Histories' programme (appeal 595).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
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 / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - DA Series
Format
1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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