KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. MEMBERS OF THE 3RD ARMOURED DIVISION CONCERT PARTY REHEARSING ...

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Accession Number 071117
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. MEMBERS OF THE 3RD ARMOURED DIVISION CONCERT PARTY REHEARSING LINES ON THE BANKS OF THE CREEK AT WHICH THEY ARE CAMPED. TROOPER BAILEY IS AMUSING AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT SPECTATORS WITH HIS VENTRILOQUIST DOLL. SOME RAN, WHILE OTHERS COVERED THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SAW THE DOLL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX98934 CORPORAL K.H. HOWARD (1); NX152367 CORPORAL C.W. MORGAN (2); NX37475 LIEUTENANT R. DAWE (3); NX98782 SERGEANT H. DARGIE (4); NX151804 CORPORAL T.E. NEWBURY (5); NX154238 TROOPER D. BAILEY (6); SX24479 TROOPER S. AQUILINA (7); NX115846 CORPORAL F.E. STRAIN (8).