Bisiatabu, New Guinea. 1944-04-19. The bugle band of the Royal Papuan Constabulary march past the ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Bisiatabu
Accession Number 072365
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Bisiatabu, New Guinea. 1944-04-19. The bugle band of the Royal Papuan Constabulary march past the dais as PP1 Major General B. M. Morris DSO, General Officer Commanding Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, takes the salute. The parade by members of the Papuan Infantry Battalion is to honour the visit to the area by the Minister for External Territories in the Australian Government, the Honourable E. J. Ward.