SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. NX8 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD KCB KBE CMG DSO ED, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Soputa
Accession Number 057690
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. NX8 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORSHEAD KCB KBE CMG DSO ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, RIGHT (1), CONGRATULATING MEMBERS OF THE 2/17TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY (AIRBORNE) TEAM, WINNERS OF THE ONE MILE MEDLEY RACE AT THE RACE MEETING AND GYMKHANA CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE TEAM ARE, FRONT ROW, RIGHT TO LEFT: NX56232 GUNNER (GNR) J. C. FROST (2); NX80587 GNR B. O. C. READ (3); VX67698 GNR A. J. RUDDICK (4); NX81599 LANCE BOMBARDIER J. J. LUCAS (5).