Description
SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-15. A VICKERS GUN, MANNED BY TROOPS OF HEADQUARTRS COMPANY, 2/24TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, FIRING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS FROM THE JEVEVANENG AREA. THIS AREA WAS THE SCENE OF VERY HEAVY FIGHTING AND IS WHERE THE 2/17TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ANDLK THE 20TH. AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WERE CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FORCES FOR SOME DAYS. SHOWN ARE: NX36197. LANCE CORPORAL R. J. RODEN. (1) QX64008. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. B. GILLESPIE. (2) QX32790. PRIVATE W. C. JARRETT. (3) VX39249. LIEUTENANT K. M. SCHRADER. (4) VX58982. CORPORAL J. MALONE. (5) VX41744. PRIVATE A. WESTBURY. (6)
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Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
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Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 November 1943
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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