| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 014235 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda |
| Date made | 27 January 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A JAPANESE WAS SEEN BY A NATIVE BOY TO RUN INTO A DUGOUT FROM WHERE HE ...
Description
PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A JAPANESE WAS SEEN BY A NATIVE BOY TO RUN INTO A DUGOUT FROM WHERE HE IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE AT AUSTRALIANS CARRYING AMMUNITION TOWARDS THE FRONT LINE AT BUNA. THE AUSTRALIANS WERE SOME DISTANCE AWAY AND COULD NOT DECIDE EXACTLY THE POSITION OF THE JAPANESE. KEEPING THE DUGOUT UNDER OBSERVATION THE NATIVE BOY TOLD THREE AMERICANS WHO CREPT UP TO THE DUGOUT AND ORDERED THE JAPANESE TO COME OUT. WHEN HE DID NOT DO SO THEY KILLED HIM WITH MACHINE GUN AND RIFLE FIRE. THE PICTURE SHOWS THE AMERICANS AFTER THEY HAD ENTERED THE DUGOUT. ONE KEEPS HIS TOMMYGUN READY TO FIRE IN CASE THE JAPANESE WAS PRETENDING TO BE DEAD.