Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on ...

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Accession Number 014007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Silk, George
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Giropa Point
Date made 2 January 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. Members of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, await the order to move forward after the tank has finished its task. Crouching nearest the tank is Company Sergeant Major McCominski, and in the foreground Private M Daniels.