VX501799 (VX9453) Sergeant John Henry Daniel of Holbrook, NSW (2nd from left in background), ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Prince Alexander Ranges, Maprik
Accession Number 018695
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Gibson, Terry
Place made New Guinea1: Prince Alexander Ranges, Maprik
Date made May 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

VX501799 (VX9453) Sergeant John Henry Daniel of Holbrook, NSW (2nd from left in background), carried this wounded native boy (on stretcher) to a safe place while under fire from enemy snipers. He had been awarded a Military Medal for actions at Nassau Bay in June 1943 and for courage and initiative at Maprik he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal. Also shown, left to right are Lieutenant N. E. White of Prospect Gardens, SA; Private G. Williams, Royal Australian Artillery (Orderly) of Mount Gambier, SA; and Corporal A. L. Wood of Grenfell, NSW.