016999 Accession Number: 016999

Description

New Guinea. Gunner (Gnr) Jim Scott of Tamworth, NSW, Gnr Jack McGufficke of Manard, NSW, and Gnr Arthur Mackenzie of Kurrajong, Qld. Three soldiers on patrol waist deep through the swamps holding their rifles above water. There is 60,000 square miles of these swamps, much of which the Aussies keep under constant surveillance by patrols.

Details

Accession Number
016999
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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