014002 Accession Number: 014002

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PAPUA. GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. CORPORAL R. F. RODGERS, D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, WARNS THE TANK CREW ABOUT ANOTHER JAPANESE PILLBOX AT RIGHT AS THE TANK BLASTS AWAY AT A PILLBOX AHEAD. IN THE FOREGROUND PRIVATE R. G. RHEINBERGER, FROM THE SAME COMPANY, ADVANCING WITH THE TANK STANDS READY TO SHOOT AT THE JAPANESE AS THE PILLBOX IS BLASTED. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING.

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Accession Number
014002
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
7 January 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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