TROOPS OF 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HQ 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, USE A SMALL PROMENADE OF A DECK ...

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Accession Number 083090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made At sea
Date made 30 October 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TROOPS OF 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HQ 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, USE A SMALL PROMENADE OF A DECK ABOARD THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO TO REST AND WATCH THE DISAPPEARING COASTLINE OF PAPUA DURING THEIR JOURNEY TO AITAPE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE W R DEMERY, BATTALION HQ (1); CORPORAL L RHODES, SIGNALS PLATOON (2); LIEUTENANT M J WILSON, SIGNAL OFFICER (3); PTE R COYLE, SIGNALS PLATOON (4); PTE V QUINN, SIGNALS PLATOON (5).