A LOCAL SOLDIER OF THE NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, SURVEYS KARAVIA BAY SHOWING THE TWO ...

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Accession Number 099059
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Date made 20 November 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A LOCAL SOLDIER OF THE NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, SURVEYS KARAVIA BAY SHOWING THE TWO VOLCANIC CRATERS, THE MOTHER MATUPI AND SOUTH DAUGHTER IN THE BACKGROUND. THE WRECKED JAPANESE YUGUMO CLASS DESTROYER, 'SUZUNAMI', SUNK BY UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT FROM TASK GROUP 50.3, ON 11 NOVEMBER 1943, IS VISIBLE RIGHT.