WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. VX35138 PRIVATE (PTE) A. HIRST OF LANCEFIELD, VIC (1) AND SX7022 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Wareo
Accession Number 061696
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

WAREO, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-09. VX35138 PRIVATE (PTE) A. HIRST OF LANCEFIELD, VIC (1) AND SX7022 PTE R. C. POYNTER OF SEMAPHORE, SA (2) RECEIVING A VISIT FROM TX4599 PTE C. MORGAN OF HOBART, TAS (3) IN THEIR BULLET-RIDDLED WATER TANK SHELTER, AFTER THEIR UNIT, THE 2/23RD AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, HAD CLEARED THE JAPANESE FROM THE AREA.