SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-09. A NEW GUINEA RACE MEETING AND GYMKHANA WAS CONDUCTED BY TROOPS OF ...

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Accession Number 057665
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-09. A NEW GUINEA RACE MEETING AND GYMKHANA WAS CONDUCTED BY TROOPS OF THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE "RACEHORSES" WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE JAPANESE AT SANANANDA AND BUNA. A GROUP OF MEN FROM THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN FIELD BAKERY ENJOY A PICNIC LUNCH AND PICKING THE WINNERS OF THE AFTERNOON'S EVENTS.