013415 Accession Number: 013415

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REPORTS FROM NEW GUINEA TELL OF THE SPLENDID PART PLAYED BY AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY UNITS IN RECENT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE. THIS PICTURE GIVES SOME INDICATION OF THE TREMENDOUS TASK THAT CONFRONTED THE GUNNERS BEFORE THEY COULD GET THEIR GUNS INTO BATTLE POSITIONS IN THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE. THE TWENTY-FIVE POUNDERS WERE DISMANTLED AND THE PARTS MANHANDLED THROUGH ALMOST TRACKLESS BUSH TO BRING THEM WITHIN RANGE OF THE ENEMY. AN A.I.F. CAPTAIN IS QUOTED AS HAVING SAID "THESE MEN WERE DETERMINED TO BEAT THE JAPS AT THEIR OWN GAME, AND WERE WORKING LIKE SLAVES TO KEEP THE GUNS OPERATING IN FORWARD AREAS. IDENTIFIED ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT; NOEL FULLWOOD, 55TH BATTERY; VIC FULLWOOD, 55TH BATTERY; UNKNOWN; ANDY MICHIE, 55TH BATTERY; THE OTHERS ARE UNKNOWN. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).

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Accession Number
013415
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Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
9 October 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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