Goodview Junction, New Guinea. Australian troops within half a mile of the Japanese front line, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Goodview
Accession Number 015670
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Dick, Harold George
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Mount Tambu
Date made c September 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Goodview Junction, New Guinea. Australian troops within half a mile of the Japanese front line, being watched by American colleagues, as they prepare to vote in a Federal election. Consulting an election supplement of the Army newspaper Guinea Gold is Private Alec Salter of Cohuna, Victoria, with Second Lieutenant Ray Nelson of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, seated holding the paper. Standing, from the left, are Private First Class Lester Morgan of Oregon, USA, Sergeant Albert Locke of Bendigo, Victoria, Sergeant Bob Wallan of Portland, Oregon, and Private Jerry Swails of Sandy, Oregon.