WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. GROUP OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ...

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Accession Number 061687
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Wareo
Date made 9 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. GROUP OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, GROUPED AROUND THE UNIT VICTORY FLAG. THIS FLAG WAS PREVIOUSLY RAISED OVER KOKODA, BUNA AND SATTELBERG. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SX10310 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. A. G. TUCKER (1); VX8944 LIEUTENANT N. B. GILMOUR, MC. OF PASCOE VALE, VIC, (2); VX19078 PRIVATE J. G. BROSNAN (3); VX75770 PRIVATE T. J. DELANEY (4); VX47649 WARRANT OFFICER (II) F. H. MCLEAN (5); NX135451 PRIVATE J. F. ROBERTS (7).