PEAK HILL, NEW GUINEA 1943-12-10. A POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE 2/23RD BATTALION AT THE APPROACHES ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Song Valley, Song River, Peak Hill
Accession Number 061718
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

PEAK HILL, NEW GUINEA 1943-12-10. A POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE 2/23RD BATTALION AT THE APPROACHES TO PEAK HILL. THIS WELL FORTIFIED POSITION TOOK FIVE DAYS TO SOFTEN UP AND CAPTURE.