070275 Accession Number: 070275

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Members of No 10 Platoon, “B” Company, 57/60th Infantry Battalion, examining a captured Japanese flag. Identified personnel are: VX136083 Private (Pte) Victor Charles Tommasi (holding flag at left rear), NX137271 Pte Reginald Bruce Woolbank (holding flag at right rear), VX144643 Pte Ralph Matthew Sullivan (standing behind Pte Woolbank) and V155861 Pte Edgar William Sparkes (squatting at far left). Other members in the picture are: V41612 Pte Vincent Benjamin Edward Fenton, VX150228 Pte Philip John O’Donnell, V121064 Pte Francis George Prentice, V121050 Pte James Gordon Prentice, VX144645 Lance Corporal Alan Thomas Cunningham, Q266393 Pte John Ernest Cooper, V121085 Pte Henry William Limbrick, V215278 Private Fred Hosie, QX54454 Private Adrian Francis Morris, QX57423 Pte Raymond George Johnson, V45140 Corporal John Spence and V215497 Pte Mervyn John Matthew.

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Accession Number
070275
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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