| Accession Number | P09532.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay |
| Date made | September 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tank, one of two landed at Milne Bay at Ahioma on 25 August 1942. Note ...
Description
A Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tank, one of two landed at Milne Bay at Ahioma on 25 August 1942. Note the missing left hand track and the towing cable attached to the rear tow-eye. The tank is being recovered. Both tanks were abandoned near KB Mission and it is likely this image was taken after the Japanese withdrawal, between the Mission and the coast near the mouth of the Gama River, where the tank was winched onto a salvaged Japanese Moku Daihatsu Class landing barge for return to Australia. It was the first Japanese tank captured and studied in detail by the Australians, and formed the basis of a 1943 AMF report entitled "Japanese AFVs" (LHQ/Misc/6302); the opening line of the report states: 'One of these tanks was captured at MILNE BAY and has been examined". The tank is now in the Australian War Memorial's collection.