BOMANA WAR CEMETERY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-29. COMRADES PAYING THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO PENDIL ...

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Accession Number 062744
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Rainsford, Keith Carr
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BOMANA WAR CEMETERY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-29. COMRADES PAYING THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO PENDIL A. RAYNER, AN AUSTRALIAN WAR CORRESPONDENT WHO WAS KILLED IN AN AIRCRAFT CRASH AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICE. SHOWN ARE: VX12841 LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. J. HOWARD, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS; MR H. MISHAEL, "MELBOURNE AGE" CORRESPONDENT (2); MR YATES MCDANIEL, CHIEF OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUREAU, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3).