FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-21. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS ...

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Dreger Harbour Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Langemak Bay Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Mape River Area Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number	071405
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-21. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS THE 65 MILE ADVANCE OF THE 22ND INFANTRY BATTALION FROM LAE TO LANGEMAK BAY, AND CLEARING OF ENEMY FROM THE LAE TO MAPE RIVER COASTAL BELT. FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF DREGER HARBOUR AND LOGAWENG IN TEN DAYS ADVANCE OVER DIFFICULT TERRAIN, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE 20TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ATTACKING FINSCHHAFEN NORTH OF THIS POINT.