150808 Accession Number: 150808

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New Guinea. October 1942. US General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area (cup in hand), chats with Australian troops of the 55th Infantry Battalion at Owers' Corner on the Kokoda Trail. The General, accompanied by the Australian Army Minister Mr F. M. Forde; the Commander Allied Land Forces, General Sir Thomas Blamey, and his senior officers, was making his first trip to New Guinea.

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Accession Number
150808
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
October 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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