YOGE RIVER AREA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-18. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG ...

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Accession Number 062652
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 18 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

YOGE RIVER AREA, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-18. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, CLIMBING A STEEP RIDGE DURING HIS INSPECTION OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA. IN THE FOREGROUND IS AN INFANTRYMAN ON THE 2/31ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON DUTY IN A WEAPON PIT.