SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. STRETCHER BEARERS BRINGING IN WOUNDED OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY ...

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Accession Number 064237
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-22. STRETCHER BEARERS BRINGING IN WOUNDED OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION DURING A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK ON SHAGGY RIDGE BY TROOPS OF THE 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, THE 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- QX10869 PRIVATE L. ROBSON (1); NX48721 CORPORAL C. BURGESS (2); NX93133 PRIVATE L.R. BAXTER, PATIENT (3); QX15247 PRIVATE W.A. RYLE (4); QX20354 PRIVATE F. CASTLES (5); QX35203 PRIVATE J. RECK (6); QX8034 PRIVATE A.V. ABBOTT (7).