WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-14. LT-GEN G.S. COX, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION ...

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Accession Number 093123
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-14. LT-GEN G.S. COX, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), SHOWING GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (3), ONE OF THE 4,000 URNS DISCOVERED IN A JAPANESE SHRINE ON THE KOIGIN TRACK. THE URNS, CUBE SHAPED AND APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 INCHES SQUARE ARE MADE OF SANDALWOOD. EACH URN CONTAINS THE ASHES AND OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER AND IS INSCRIBED WITH NUMBER, RANK, NAME, UNIT AND DATE OF DEATH. LT-COL D.H. DWYER, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ACCOMPANIED THE GENERAL ON HIS VISIT TO HQ 6 DIVISION.