NX12221 Lieutenant Colonel Noel William Simpson, DSO, Commander of the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, ...

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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

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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.