PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. NX130454 LIEUTENANT S.G. HARMER ...

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Accession Number 077175
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-24. NX130454 LIEUTENANT S.G. HARMER (1); NX164558 PRIVATE L.T. JOHNSON (2) AND VX140755 PRIVATE R.A. GRILLS (3); 17TH ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT SHOWING ONE OF THE MANY JAPANESE INVASION MINES (TYPE 13) FOUND IN THE AREA. THEY ARE IMMEDIATELLY "DELOUSED" OR "RENDERED SAFE", CRATED AND SENT TO NEW GUINEA TO BE USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.