LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-08. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, USING THEIR "FLYING FOX" TO GET ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 075056
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-08. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, USING THEIR "FLYING FOX" TO GET TIMBER ACROSS THE RIVER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE. OVERHEAD CAN BE SEEN THE PIPES CARRYING FRESH WATER TO THE 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THE 2/8TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX135175 SAPPER D.H. TUDOR (1); VX130609 SAPPER K.W. HARRINGTON (2); VX130525 LANCE CORPORAL K. DOWN (3).