MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. MAUTASI, A TIMORESE BOY WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY THE ...

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Accession Number 121436
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MAPE, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-12-12. MAUTASI, A TIMORESE BOY WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY THE JAPANESE FOR HELPING THE AUSTRALIANS, IS SEEN WITH JOSE GARRIDO, THE PORTUGUESE CHEF DE POSTO (CHIEF OF MAPE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE). MAUTASI WAS NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY CAPTAIN C. R. DUNKLEY, MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. DAVIS)