014094
Photograph 014094 Second World War, 1939-1945GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
014090 Accession Number: 014090
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NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SAID EQUALLED THE BEST OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE JUNGLE FROM WHICH THE ENEMY HAD TO BE DRIVEN YARD BY YARD, AUSTRALIANS AND AMERICANS SCORED A BLOODY VICTORY OVER THE JAPANESE AT BUNA. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICANS LIEUT GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ALLIES FOUGHT, AND THE COUNTRY IDEAL FOR DEFENSIVE WARFARE FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE HAD TO BE THROWN OUT. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL EICHELBERGER CROSS A SWAMP BY A ROUGHLY CONSTRUCTED FOOTBRIDGE. TO OVERCOME THE FANATICAL JAP RESISTANCE AUSTRALIANS WADED THROUGH THE MURKY WATER, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR NECKS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
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014090
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
14 January 1943
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Whole
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain
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