059024 Accession Number: 059024

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FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. MAIL BEING HANDED OUT TO TROOPS OF "A" COMPANY, 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ON JOHN'S KNOLL. SHOWN: QX131732 CORPORAL N.C.R. POOLE (1); VX109872 PRIVATE K.J. CROWE (2); WX7949 LANCE CORPORAL D.E. ANGUS (3); WX14010 PRIVATE J. SMALL (4); NX99685 PRIVATE E.N. SMITH (5); VX104941 PRIVATE W.S. PRICE (6); WX4271 CORPORAL T. TAYLOR (7); NX127252 PRIVATE V.A. MCNAMARA (8); NX131281 PRIVATE L.H. BIGNELL (9); NX124020 PRIVATE L.J. SIMPSON (10); NX127559 LANCE CORPORAL U.G. TINKLER (11); WX2798 PRIVATE E.F.A. JOHNSON (12); NX127128 PRIVATE G.A. SKENNAR (13); TX12404 PRIVATE R.A. FISH (14); QX25754 PRIVATE E.J. KITCHEN (15); TX6655 PRIVATE M.B. EDWARDS (16).

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Accession Number
059024
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
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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