BUNA, PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS WADED THROUGH THIS SWAMP TO ATTACK AN AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. THE SWAMP AND ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
Accession Number 014012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Silk, George
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area
Date made 8 January 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

BUNA, PAPUA. AUSTRALIANS WADED THROUGH THIS SWAMP TO ATTACK AN AIRSTRIP AT BUNA. THE SWAMP AND SURROUNDING FOLIAGE IS TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCED ON BUNA. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).