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Accession Number | 070330 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Sanders, William Charles |
Place made | New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point Sio Area, Sio |
Date made | c February 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
NX12221 Lieutenant Colonel Noel William Simpson, DSO, Commander of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, ...
Description
NX12221 Lieutenant Colonel Noel William Simpson, DSO, Commander of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, talking to “B” Company who, at that time, were the only troops to have entered Sio after its capture. The mission is situated 4,000 yards south west of Sio Island.