Australian troops read the Army newspaper 'Guinea Gold' a few hours after the capture of Japanese ...

Accession Number 016244
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Brown, Norman
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Morobe, Sattelberg
Date made 24 November 1943
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 troops read the Army newspaper 'Guinea Gold' a few hours after the capture of Japanese held village of Sattelberg. The papers were dropped from a plane. In the background are thatched roof buildings in ruins after bombing attacks.