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| Accession Number | 072181 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Owers' Corner |
| Date made | 12 April 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS MILITARY HISTORY ...
Description
NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, AT HIS EASEL PAINTS THE BACKGROUND FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 25 POUNDER GUNS OF B TROOP, 53RD BATTERY, 14TH FIELD REGIMENT FIRING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS AT IORIBAIWA ON 1942-09-23, FROM THE POINT AT WHICH THE GUNS WERE SITED. THE TRACK TO THE RIGHT LEADS TO THE OWERS' CORNER CARRIER CAMP, AND THE TRACK TO THE LEFT LEADS TO OWERS CORNER AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE KOKODA TRAIL.
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Conflicts
Places
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Ioribaiwa
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Owers' Corner
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby