At left is NX34952 Chaplain Francis Herbert Gallagher (Roman Catholic Chaplain at Moresby Base ...

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Accession Number 070179
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Nicholson, George Harvey
Place made Territory of Papua and New Guinea: Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 7 February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

At left is NX34952 Chaplain Francis Herbert Gallagher (Roman Catholic Chaplain at Moresby Base Sub-Area) making final arrangements with the Regimental Sergeant Major and the Bugler before conducting the requiem mass at the Bomana War Cemetery. Also identified from left to right are QX32305 Sergeant Robert Charles Leslie Rignold of the 2/16th Infantry Battalion, WX3568 Warrant Officer Class 1 Harry Gordon Impson and WX17091 Chaplain Charles William Joseph Cunningham, MBE, (Roman Catholic).