THE SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION IS PORTRAYED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BEHIND THE LINES IN NEW GUINEA. ...

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Accession Number 013253
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 1 September 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

THE SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION IS PORTRAYED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BEHIND THE LINES IN NEW GUINEA. IT SHOWS MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY UNIT SHARPENING THEIR BAYONETS BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE JUNGLE TROOPS IN THE KOKODA AREA. (PHOTOGRAPHER DAMIEN PARER).