HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 072667
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. THE HONOURABLE E.J. WARD, MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT (1), WITH NX191031 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.A. CONLON, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY RESEARCH (2), AND MR J. DONOVAN, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTER (3), WATCH GAILY DECORATED NATIVES PERFORMING A SPECIAL DANCE CEREMONY AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE MAMBARE DISTRICT OFFICER, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT IN HONOUR OF THE MINISTER'S VISIT.