NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. THE "VILLAGE SQUARE" AT BUIGAP. THIS IS A RESTING PLACE FOR ...

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Accession Number 015560
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Short, Gordon Herbert
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Mount Tambu
Date made 14 August 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU FIGHTING. THE "VILLAGE SQUARE" AT BUIGAP. THIS IS A RESTING PLACE FOR ALLIED TROOPS GOING TO AND COMING FROM THE FIGHTING AT MOUNT TAMBU. THE TARPAULIN COVERED STRUCTURE IN THE BACKGROUND IS ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS "PARLIAMENT HOUSE" BY THE TROOPS.