Dugumur Bay, New Guinea. 1944-06-14. Troops of the 4th Infantry Battalion carrying an Indian ...

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Accession Number 074100
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Dugumur Bay, New Guinea. 1944-06-14. Troops of the 4th Infantry Battalion carrying an Indian ex-prisoner-of-war by stretcher to an aircraft for transport to Madang for medical treatment. This man was a member of the 1/14th Punjab Regiment, one of 57 members who were captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore and who were used as labourers in New Guinea by the Japanese forces.