017108 Accession Number: 017108

Description

New Guinea. RAAF airmen, Flight Lieutenant Paul of Melbourne, Vic (on ground), and Flying Officer S. Mulcahy of Sydney, NSW, with Sikhs they flew to an Australian base. Freed when Americans attacked the Japanese held Admiralty Islands, these Sikhs are the first British troops captured in Singapore to be liberated.

Details

Accession Number
017108
Photographer
Reg J Edwards
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 May 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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