The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-20. SOPUTA WAR CEMETERY, WITH THE 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT HUT ON THE LEFT. AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE KILLED AT SANANANDA, KILLERTON, SOPUTA AND GERUA RIVER ARE BURIED HERE. OF THE 550 GRAVES A LARGE NUMBER ARE MARKED "UNIDENTIFIED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER".
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-20. FRESHLY PAINTED CROSSES ON A DRYING RACK, AT THE SOPUTA WAR CEMETERY. THE 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WORK AT THE CEMETE
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-20. PORTRAIT OF VX20436 LIEUTENANT H. S. LINGARD, OFFICER COMMANDING, 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-20. VX21024 CORPORAL (CPL) G. A. C. MURPHY (LEFT) AND VX78574 CPL K. W. JOSLIN OF THE 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT, DIGGING A GARDEN BED AT THE CEME
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-20. VX61395 CORPORAL F. J. GLEESON (LEFT) AND Q148237 PRIVATE N. G. CRESWELL OF THE 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT, PAINTING CROSSES.
SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-20. VX51586 CORPORAL A. S. FARROW, COOK OF THE 15TH AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES REGISTER AND ENQUIRY UNIT, ROLLING PASTRY WHILE PREPARING A MEAL FOR THE UNIT.
Soputa, Papua. 22 December 1942. A lone soldier views the Soputa War Cemetery where many Australian war dead are buried. The graves are marked by simple rough hewn crosses.
