070049
Photograph 070049 Second World War, 1939-1945Troop traffic between Kelanoa and Point Sio on the Huon Peninsula is by Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM). This LCM has eighty men of the 30th Infantry Battalion and their equipment aboard.
070050 Accession Number: 070050
Description
A Landing Craft Mechanised loaded with men of the 30th Infantry Battalion. Two of these craft carried the Battalion’s fully equipped “D” Company from Kelanoa to Point Sio on the Huon Peninsula.
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Accession Number
070050
Photographer
Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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