PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. DIGGER HORSE-BREAKERS. FORMERLY QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN, THESE MEN ...

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Accession Number 025880
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-11. DIGGER HORSE-BREAKERS. FORMERLY QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN, THESE MEN WERE RECRUITED INTO THE INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP TO ROUND UP AND BREAK, BRUMBIES FROM THE HILLS OF NEW GUINEA AND THEN USE THEM ON PATROLS AND RECONNAISSANCE IN ROUGH COUNTRY.