PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.G. CAMERON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN ...

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Accession Number 027011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.G. CAMERON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 3RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, A MILITIA BATTALION THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, GIVING SOME OF HIS MEN A FINAL CHAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE ON A LONG PATROL FROM MENARI. IT WAS THIS PATROL THAT CAPTURED A JAPANESE SOLDIER.