HEATHER LAGOON, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-21. PRIVATE J. PERICH OF THE 28TH INFANTRY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory
Accession Number 067660
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

HEATHER LAGOON, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-21. PRIVATE J. PERICH OF THE 28TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), A MAKE BELIEVE WOUNDED SOLDIER DEMONSTRATING THE METHOD USED TO TRANSPORT A STRETCHER CASE ACROSS A RIVER. THE FLOATS USED WERE MADE BY WRAPPING BUNDLES OF GRASS IN RUBBER GROUND SHEETS.