SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. A STRETCHER PARTY OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ...

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Accession Number 062298
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. A STRETCHER PARTY OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE NEGOTIATING A DIFFICULT TRACK WITH A WOUNDED SOLDIER DURING THE ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE HELD "PIMPLE". IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: WX17091 CHAPLAIN C. W. J. CUNNINGHAM, MBE., (ROMAN CATHOLIC) (1); VX91417 CAPTAIN J. C. ZWAR (2) WX11750 SERGEANT M. STEWART (3); WX32128 PRIVATE D. F. O'KEEFFE (4).