| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 014090 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna |
| Date made | 14 January 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE ...
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NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SAID EQUALLED THE BEST OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE JUNGLE FROM WHICH THE ENEMY HAD TO BE DRIVEN YARD BY YARD, AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS SCORED A BLOODY VICTORY OVER THE JAPANESE AT BUNA. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICANS LIEUT GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ALLIES FOUGHT, AND THE COUNTRY IDEAL FOR DEFENSIVE WARFARE FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE HAD TO BE THROWN OUT. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL EICHELBERGER CROSS A SWAMP BY A ROUGHLY CONSTRUCTED FOOTBRIDGE. TO OVERCOME THE FANATICAL JAP RESISTANCE AUSTRALIANS WADED THROUGH THE MURKY WATER, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR NECKS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).