BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. RESCUED BY A PATROL OF A COMPANY, 42 INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER SPENDING ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Accession Number 093897
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. RESCUED BY A PATROL OF A COMPANY, 42 INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER SPENDING THREE NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE, PILOT OFFICER D.H. TRIM, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE (1), HOLDING A MAE WEST LIFEJACKET, SPEAKS WITH LIEUTENANT E.B. RUSSELL (2), WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE RESCUING PATROL.