Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, ...

Places
Accession Number 013960
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Silk, George
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Giropa Point, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Giropa Point
Date made 28 December 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

Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, during which they crashed through a Japanese chain of heavily fortified pillboxes.