NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. NATIVE BEARERS CARRY A WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN OVER A ROUGH BRIDGE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Accession Number 015835
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Date made 28 September 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. NATIVE BEARERS CARRY A WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN OVER A ROUGH BRIDGE ACROSS THE FRANCISCO RIVER. THE AUSTRALIAN WAS WOUNDED IN THE KNEE AND LEG AND WAS FOUR DAYS IN NO MAN'S LAND WITHOUT ANYTHING TO EAT. (NEGATIVE BY PARER NEWSREEL).