ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. THE FINAL EVENT AT THE SPORTS CARNIVAL ARRANGED BY THE 2/9TH FIELD ...

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Accession Number 070937
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. THE FINAL EVENT AT THE SPORTS CARNIVAL ARRANGED BY THE 2/9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE CUE WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY". VISITORS ATTENDED THE CARNIVAL FROM WAMPIT AND SUNSHINE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX17713 CORPORAL B.H. DE WIT (1); QX50751 SAPPER J.A. HUTCHINSON (2); VX32580 SAPPER C. SHORT (3); TX4009 STAFF-SERGEANT J.L. HEENEY (5); VX18144 LANCE-CORPORAL A.R. SIMPKIN (6); VX43241 SAPPER J.F. ROGAN (7); TX710 SERGEANT K.C. HEENEY (8); VX15711 SAPPER A.N. PRIOR (9); TX2213 SAPPER A.G. PREDDY (10); TX2478 CORPORAL G.E. TURNER (11); TX1688 SAPPER T.H. BELLETTE (12); VX40525 SAPPER H.W. TITCHENER (13); TX4120 SAPPER R.C. RUSSELL (14); NX166262 SAPPER W.E. MORGAN (15); VX79282 CORPORAL G.E.J. REYNOLDS (16); QX44002 SAPPER C. HEPPLE (17); QX50619 SAPPER S. KIRBY (18); VX77026 SAPPER A.G. SMITH (19); TX1779 SAPPER L.A. HARMAN (20).