Soputa, New Guinea. 29 September 1943. High ranking officers salute as the funeral party moves ...

Place	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Soputa
Accession Number	057295
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Negative
Maker	Buchanan, Robert John
Date made	29 September 1943
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Soputa, New Guinea. 29 September 1943. High ranking officers salute as the funeral party moves into the cemetery, during the funeral of Brigadier (Brig) R. B. Sutherland. Shown: Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring KBE DSO MC ED (1); NX13911 Lieutenant T. W. Parkinson (2); QX364 Captain D. Glasgow (3); Brig John Walter Main CBE ED (4); VX43608 Lieutenant Colonel M. Ashkanasy (5); Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) G. Mathison (6); VX18 Colonel (Col) A. D. Molloy (7); WO2 C. West (8); Col R. B. Peyton, United States Air Force (9); Col A. E. Coleman ED (10); NX346 Col R. Garrett (11); VX289 Brig R. Bierwirth OBE (12).