The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS AND NURSES TENSELY WATCH THEIR HORSE IN THE SOPUTA CUP AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE "RACEHORSES" WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE JAPANESE AT SANANANDA AND BUNA. LEFT TO RIGHT: MISS MARTHA GRISSON; MISS SUDIE WILKINSON; MISS ELLEN BABIN; CAPTAIN (CAPT) E. T. ELLISON; MISS ESTELLE ADAMS; CAPT J. E. BROWN; MISS HELEN LEONARD; MISS EDITH SMITH.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CROWD ON THE COURSE, SHOWING AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN FLAGS AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE "RACEHORSES" WERE LEFT
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-09. A NEW GUINEA RACE MEETING AND GYMKHANA WAS CONDUCTED BY TROOPS OF THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. THE "RACEHORSES" WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE JAPANESE AT SANANANDA AND BUNA.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. "PADRE BILL" WITH GUNNER GATCHELL UP (LEFT) - WINNER OF THE SOPUTA CUP, POSES FOR THE CAMERA AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. FINISH OF THE SANANANDA STAKES AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. MR "X" - FIRST; "SOPUTRID" - SECOND; "MYSTERY PRINCE" - THIRD.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. EXCITED UNITED STATES ARMY NURSES AS THEIR HORSE PASSES THE POST AT THE RACE MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-09. BOOKMAKER, H. W. REED GETS A SHOCK AS NX84253 PRIVATE WATTS OF HEADQUARTERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PRESENTS A SHEAF OF SIX WINNING TICKETS ON "PADRE BILL", THE WINNE
