WAU - BULOLO ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A DREDGE OWNED BY THE BULOLO GOLD MINING COMPANY ...

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Accession Number 072656
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WAU - BULOLO ROAD, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-26. A DREDGE OWNED BY THE BULOLO GOLD MINING COMPANY STANDS UNUSED 6 MILES FROM SUNSHINE AFTER BEING RENDERED USELESS BY AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS DURING THE JAPANESE ADVANCE IN JANUARY, 1943. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (1); VX94717 COLONEL R.J. WRIGHT, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (2).