PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1973. A GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANK SALVAGED FROM THE BUNA ...

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Accession Number P00984.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1970-1979
Second World War, 1939-1945
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1973. A GENERAL STUART M3 LIGHT TANK SALVAGED FROM THE BUNA BATTLEFIELD SITE. IT WAS POSSIBLY KNOCKED OUT BY ANTI TANK FIRE IN AN 18TH BRIGADE ATTACK OF 1942-12-24. IN 1976 THE TANK WAS BEING HELD IN PORT MORESBY FOR THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WAR MUSEUM. (ORIGINAL PRINT HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR V. SANDERS)