SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. A PRIVATE OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST ...

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Accession Number 062323
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. A PRIVATE OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, WITH TRENCH MORTAR AMMUNITION ON HIS SHOULDER READY TO MOVE IN DURING THE ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE HELD "PIMPLE". IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: TX3657 PRIVATE W. R. GRILLS (1); VX115825 SERGEANT G. BREEN (2); NX127159 PRIVATE R. J. ROWE (3); NX124033 PRIVATE A. M. MURRAY (4).