MOEM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-17. THE REBURIAL SERVICE, CONDUCTED BY CHAPLAIN S. COWEN, ...

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Accession Number 096769
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Date made 17 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOEM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-17. THE REBURIAL SERVICE, CONDUCTED BY CHAPLAIN S. COWEN, HQ 6 DIVISION (1), AT THE AIF WAR CEMETERY, FOR THREE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OF THE Z SPECIAL FORCE WHOSE BODIES WERE REMOVED FROM MUSCHU ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CAPTAIN J.M. TRETHOWAN 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2); MAJOR R.H.C. CARDEW, Z SPECIAL UNIT (3).