013941 Accession Number: 013941

Description

PAPUA. CAPT. N.G. WHITEHEAD WHO LED THE TANK ATTACK ON THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. HE IS SITTING ON HIS TANK WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED "CAPTAIN KIDD." ONE OTHER TANK WAS NAMED "CAPTAIN BLOOD." AND ANOTHER "CAPTAIN GORE". (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

Details

Accession Number

013941

Photographer

George Silk

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

28 December 1942

Place Made

Buna Area

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

More like this

013949

Photograph 013949 Second World War, 1939-1945

PAPUA. SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE RISING SUN, AN AUSTRALIAN TANK MOVES THROUGH HEAVY FOLIAGE TO ATTACK THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

013983

Photograph 013983 Second World War, 1939-1945

PAPUA. BUNA. FLASH OF A MOUNTAIN GUN AS IT SHELLS JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).

013943

Photograph 013943 Second World War, 1939-1945

BUNA AREA, PAPUA. PREPARING THE WAY FOR FURTHER TANK ATTACKS AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY LAYING FELLED COCONUT TREES ACROSS A BOGGY AREA. (DONOR: G. SILK).

013951

Photograph 013951 Second World War, 1939-1945

BUNA AREA, PAPUA. PREPARING THE WAY FOR FURTHER TANK ATTACKS AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS AT BUNA. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY LAYING FELLED COCONUT TREES ACROSS A BOGGY AREA. (PHOTOGRAPHER: G. SILK).

013946

Photograph 013946 Second World War, 1939-1945

PAPUA, GIROPA POINT AREA. AUSTRALIAN MANNED TANK AND INFANTRYMEN IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE BEFORE THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK.)