File:AWM 151044 clearing grass and obstacles from the Kokoda airstrip.jpg

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English: Kokoda, New Guinea. November 1942. After clearing the tropical growth at the edge of the airstrip this RAAF airfield construction unit appears to have unearthed an abandoned enemy airfield defence post. Troops peer at what appears to be a gun barrel.
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George Silk  (1916–2004)  wikidata:Q1508257
 
George Silk
Description American-New Zealand photographer, war photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 17 November 1916 Edit this at Wikidata 23 October 2004 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Levin Norwalk
Work period 1940 Edit this at Wikidata–1975 Edit this at Wikidata
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