057874 Accession Number: 057874

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WONDECLA, QLD. 1943-10-07. TROOPS OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, HANDING IN THEIR RIFLES BEFORE GOING ON LEAVE. THEY HAVE HAD EIGHT MONTHS STRENUOUS AND CONTINUOUS FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA. SHOWN ARE:- SX17438 PRIVATE L.J. BURDON (1); NX98198 PRIVATE N.W. WHITTON (2); QX23476 PRIVATE L.M. ALDRIDGE (3); TX4935 PRIVATE R.J. FREESTONE (4); NX122776 PRIVATE A.D. HAYES (5); VX11416 PRIVATE M.A.G. MARSHALL (6); NX94611 PRIVATE D.H. MEAD (7); QX25716 PRIVATE F.T. CLEWES (8); TX5378 PRIVATE H.G. HAMPTON (9); SX14057 PRIVATE J.L. SHANNON (10); SX17886 PRIVATE C. P. BROWN (11); VX57433 PRIVATE K. ROSS (12); VX20733 ACTING CORPORAL J.E.I. MURPHY (13); VX115454 PRIVATE J.W. GUNN (14); TX2727 PRIVATE O.R. KEATING (15); VX51069 PRIVATE J.A. STRAHAN (16); NX114129 PRIVATE T.E. O'NEILL (17); TX4832 PRIVATE A.M. GRIFFITH (18); NX122769 PRIVATE W.S. SMITH (19); VX12584 PRIVATE K.P. O'FARRELL (20); VX11789 CORPORAL J. ANDERSON (21); SX16965 PRIVATE A.J. HITCHCOCK (22); VX9016 CORPORAL J.T. MCELGUNN, MM, (23); SX13321 PRIVATE R.W. RYAN, DCM, (24); NX80798 PRIVATE W. CASTLE (25); VX36229 PRIVATE L.R. MCGRATH, MM, (26); QX28962 PRIVATE T.W. EZZY (27); VX7630 STAFF SERGEANT K.T. WILLIAMS; (28); VX34949 PRIVATE T. RILEY (29); VX36484 PRIVATE A.A. MCDONAL (30); VX54716 PRIVATE R.G. FREEMAN (31); N36543 ACTING CORPORAL L.J. O'BRIEN (32); VX14810 PRIVATE T.D. PENNY (33); VX57347 PRIVATE A. ROSE (34); QX11313 PRIVATE H.W. AULTON (35); VX35738 CORPORAL J.A. ROBERTS (36); VX85585 PRIVATE P.A.J. SPIDEN (37); NX114131 PRIVATE A.E. CLARK (38); QX37954 PRIVATE J.D. FRAZER (39); SX13449 PRIVATE K.E. MCCARTHY (40); VX33014 PRIVATE F.H. COOK (41); VX41762 ACTING SERGEANT J.J. HENDERSON (42); QX15990 PRIVATE P. DONNELLY (43); TX2959 PRIVATE T.P. DIXON (44); VX42469 PRIVATE F.C. COULTHARD (45); VX53469 PRIVATE A.E. DEHNE (46).

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Accession Number
057874
Photographer
Sergeant James Tait
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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