Accession Number | 016244 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Australian troops read the Army newspaper 'Guinea Gold' a few hours after the capture of Japanese ...
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.