BUT, NORTHERN NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. FLYING OFFICER J. C. RUSH OF EARLWOOD, NSW, WITH AN ...

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Accession Number OG2372
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BUT, NORTHERN NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. FLYING OFFICER J. C. RUSH OF EARLWOOD, NSW, WITH AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY COLONEL STANDING IN A JEEP, SERIAL NO. 58091, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE BUT AUSTER AIR AMBULANCE AIRSTRIP. THE MACHINERY SHOWN AT WORK WAS CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS TOOK BUT, AND THE ROLLER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE ON BORNEO, BROUGHT TO NEW GUINEA AND USED BY THE NIPS ON AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION AS WE ARE NOW USING IT.