Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna |
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Accession Number | 014093 |
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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LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. ...
Description
LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. IT'S RESISTANCE PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY TANKS, THE PILLBOX WAS SILENCED BY ALLIED TROOPS WHO PULLED AWAY THE COVERING AND KILLED THE GUNNERS WITH GRENADES, TOMMY GUNS AND RIFLES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).