RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. Under camouflage "old faithful" a 25-pounder gun of F Troop, 54th ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Finisterre Ranges
Accession Number 059041
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 23 October 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. Under camouflage "old faithful" a 25-pounder gun of F Troop, 54th Battery, 2/4th Australian Field Regiment about to send over harassing fire on Japanese positions in the Finisterre foothills. Identified: VX16121 Sergeant Frank Eric Gray (left); unidentified; VX47511 Gunner (Gnr) Ernest Alfred Gray (centre, seated); VX58320 Gnr William Wallace Newton (crouching right). Frank and Ernest Gray are twins.