N130859 Private (Pte) E J Pinney, 9th Infantry Battalion (front, with his arm in a sling) being ...

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Accession Number 077342
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Date made 30 November 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

N130859 Private (Pte) E J Pinney, 9th Infantry Battalion (front, with his arm in a sling) being assisted down the track from George Hill by two natives. Pte Pinney was wounded by a mortar bomb during the Japanese counter attack on the recently captured positions on little George Hill. Walking down the track behind him is Pte T J McCullough.