| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda |
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| Accession Number | 014253 |
| 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, Sanananda |
| Date made | 27 January 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE ...
Description
PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIED HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR THIGHS IN MUD. AMERICAN TROOPS ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN THE AUSTRALIANS NEAR SANANANDA. HEAVY RAINS HAD FALLEN EARLIER, AND THE TRACK HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO A MINIATURE CREEK. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).