BOUGAINVILLE: NUMA SECTOR. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MEN HEADING TOWARDS FORWARD POSITIONS HAVE TO ...

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1 Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Numa Numa
Accession Number	018117
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Maker	Band, Jack
Place made	New Guinea: Bougainville
Date made	15 February 1945
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

BOUGAINVILLE: NUMA SECTOR. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY MEN HEADING TOWARDS FORWARD POSITIONS HAVE TO CLIMB ABOUT 3,000 FEET OVER MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCED IN THE OWEN STANLEYS IN NEW GUINEA. STEPS HAVE BEEN HACKED OUT ON THE SLOPES OF THE HILLS TO FACILITATE PROGRESS ON FOOT.