059471 Accession Number: 059471

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MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-05. WAR CEMETERY TUCKED AWAY AMONG THE COCONUT PALMS. IT CONTAINS THE GRAVES OF CORPORAL JOHN ALEXANDER FRENCH OF QLD, THE FIRST NEW GUINEA VC, AND ALSO OF SQUADRON LEADER PETER TURNBULL, AUSTRALIAN AIR ACE, WHO WAS KILLED WHEN HE CRASHED DURING A STRAFING RUN OVER JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE MILNE BAY ACTION.

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Accession Number
059471
Photographer
Army Public Relations
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Format: 4x5"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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