016584 Accession Number: 016584

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Port Moresby, New Guinea. Two missionaries, Father K. Laumann (Germany), Father A. Cruysberg (Holland) and Brother A. Wiedmann (Germany) after their arrival in Port Moresby. Together with five nuns they escaped from the Japanese at Wewak four months earlier, travelled on foot through jungle and over a 10,000 feet range, until spotted by an allied aircraft which dropped food and water.

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Accession Number
016584
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
31 August 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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