Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. The meeting of Australian troops moving along the coast from Sio and ...

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Accession Number 016563
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Edwards, R J
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Sio Bogadjim Area, Saidor
Date made 15 February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. The meeting of Australian troops moving along the coast from Sio and American troops who had advanced from Saidor. This linking of the two forces completed the encirclement of 14000 Japanese.