018494 Accession Number: 018494

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But Beach, New Guinea. May 1945. Army Chaplain, the Reverend Father John Aloysius Morgan, Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain of the 6th Division celebrating mass prior to members of the Division embarking for the assault on the Wewak Peninsula. His driver batman, Private Leo Franklin, holding a bible and wearing a light coloured shirt, is standing to the right rear of Padre Morgan. Bishop Morgan later became Chaplain General of the Australian Army.

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Accession Number
018494
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
May 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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