LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-09. PRIVATE F. MCLENNAN, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, A PATIENT AT 2/7 GENERAL ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 092804
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. 1945-06-09. PRIVATE F. MCLENNAN, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, A PATIENT AT 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHOT BY A JAPANESE SNIPER WHEN HIS PATROL WAS AMBUSHED, HE WAS LEFT FOR DEAD IN THE JUNGLE. HE SURVIVED FOR FOUR DAYS BEFORE BEING LOCATED AND MISTAKENLY FIRED AT BY A PATROL FROM THE 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION.