NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 015928
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Military History Section
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area
Date made 6 October 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

NEW GUINEA. ATTACK ON LAE. THIS PLATOON OF FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTALION TOOK PART IN THE VICTORIOUS ADVANCE ON LAE. THEY INFLICTED HEAVY CASUALTIES ON THE JAP. LT. JACK SCOTT FROM BOGABILLA, ONE OF THE FAMOUS SCOTT FAMILY OF RODEO RIDERS. (NEGATIVE BY MILITARY HISTORY NEGATIVES).