NATIVES CARRYING BACK A 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION CASUALTY, WX26764 SERGEANT VICTOR COLE ROBERTS, ...

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Accession Number 092576
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Date made 25 May 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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NATIVES CARRYING BACK A 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION CASUALTY, WX26764 SERGEANT VICTOR COLE ROBERTS, OF DARRADUP,WA, WOUNDED DURING A PATROL CLASH WITH THE JAPANESE SOUTH OF THE POROREI RIVER. HEAVY RAINS MADE THE TRACK IMPASSABLE TO VEHICLES; CARRIERS MADE THE TRIP THROUGH TO THE HONGORAI RIVER.