MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-09. LIEUTENANT T.W.J. LEGA, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ...

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Accession Number 096368
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made New Guinea1: Wewak, Wewak Area, Muschu Island
Date made 9 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-09. LIEUTENANT T.W.J. LEGA, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OFFICER ATTACHED TO 6 DIVISION WITH A COLLEAGUE, IN A DISCUSSION WITH THE FORMER JAPANESE NATIVE OVERSEER, INO, PRIOR TO ADDRESSING A PARADE OF ISLAND NATIVES TO INFORM THEM THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED.