SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS AND NURSES TENSELY WATCH THEIR HORSE ...

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Accession Number 057683
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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Description

SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS AND NURSES TENSELY WATCH THEIR HORSE IN THE SOPUTA CUP AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE "RACEHORSES" WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE JAPANESE AT SANANANDA AND BUNA. LEFT TO RIGHT: MISS MARTHA GRISSON; MISS SUDIE WILKINSON; MISS ELLEN BABIN; CAPTAIN (CAPT) E. T. ELLISON; MISS ESTELLE ADAMS; CAPT J. E. BROWN; MISS HELEN LEONARD; MISS EDITH SMITH.