Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna |
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Accession Number | 014095 |
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, Buna |
Date made | 14 January 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS, TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE ...
Description
ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS, TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPS AND INFANTRY, CARRYING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OFTEN SANK TO THEIR KNEES IN MUD. OVER THE PARTIALLY MADE ROAD, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, AND LIEUT GENERAL EICHELBERGER, WALK TOWARDS THE FRONT LINE. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).