GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. IMITATION BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS MADE FROM CREEPERS. ...

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Accession Number 090194
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. IMITATION BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS MADE FROM CREEPERS. THE ISLAND WAS SEIZED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS AND BY BLUFF AND DECEPTION THEY LED THE JAPANESE TO BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST ONE BRIGADE OCCUPIED THE ISLAND.