GODOWA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-05. TRANSPORT PROBLEMS ARE OVERCOME IN THE AREA BY THE USE OF A ...

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Accession Number 060435
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

GODOWA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-05. TRANSPORT PROBLEMS ARE OVERCOME IN THE AREA BY THE USE OF A CAPTURED JAPANESE PONTOON TO TRANSPORT WOUNDED PERSONNEL FROM THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION TO BARGES AT SIMBANG BEACH. SHOWN ARE: VX53729 PRIVATE R. J. THOMPSON OF TASMANIA, (1); VX103345 PRIVATE V. L. LAIDLOW OF MELBOURNE, VIC, (2); NX31643 PRIVATE E. O. GRIMSON OF PENNANT HILLS, NSW, (3); SX11220 PRIVATE S. A. TREWATHA OF SEDUNA, SA, (4); 3056832 FIRST-SEAMAN W. V. LUND, UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE (THE PATIENT).