SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. AFTER TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION HAD PULLED ...

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Accession Number 064214
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. AFTER TROOPS OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION HAD PULLED THEMSELVES, HAND OVER HAND, UP ROPES ON THE FACE OF MOUNT PROTHERO, THEY FOUND THAT THE WHOLE CREW OF 9 JAPANESE WHO MANNED THIS MOUNTAIN GUN WERE DEAD.