PERSONNEL FROM AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OUTSIDE OWERS' CORNER CARRIER CAMP, THE ...

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Accession Number 072183
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
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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Description

PERSONNEL FROM AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OUTSIDE OWERS' CORNER CARRIER CAMP, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CARRIER TRAIN FOR THE KOKODA TRAIL. THE CAMP, CONSTRUCTED LATE IN 1943, IS SITUATED ABOUT 600 YARDS FROM OWERS CORNER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: PX181 WARRANT OFFICER II, L. A. WAINWRIGHT, ILOLO NATIVE LABOUR CAMP (1); NX49801 SERGEANT A. B. LUPINO, OFFICER IN CHARGE OWERS CORNER CARRIER CAMP (2); VX174937 PRIVATE D. J. FENNESSY, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE (3); NX191070 LIEUTENANT H. A. HANKE, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (4).