070054 Accession Number: 070054

Description

4th Infantry Battalion Headquarters on high ground standing on the site of the Sio Mission which is now destroyed. ‘Doovers’ in which officers and men shelter are constructed using any available material at hand. Identified personnel are: NX131629 Private (Pte) Hilary James Hughes (standing in foreground, looking to the right); WX32732 Pte Gerald Richard Annakin (standing in foreground, with a rifle slung over his shoulder); VX104182 Lieutenant (Lt) Maxwell Leslie Mills (thought to belong to 29/46th battalion) (seated in foreground, without hat); WX40176 Pte J T Thompson (seated behind and to the right of Lt Mills)(Service number and name do not match).

Details

Accession Number
070054
Photographer
Sergeant Keith Carr Rainsford
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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