060576 Accession Number: 060576

Description

A Patrol from C Company, 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, setting out to tap a Japanese telephone wire in Sattelberg are, New Guinea. Shown are: VX46436 Captain P Harty (officer commanding) (1); VX33860 Lieutenant J H Caple (2). Possibly present: NX638 Corporal Kenneth William Crichton (3); NX73554 Private H T Roche (4); VX75207 Private D N Muir (5); VX68274 Private W J Lobb (6); VX41873 Warrant Officer II S H Ridley (7); VX75910 Private N W Jones (8); VX67518 Signalman R Mitchell (9); QX11212 Private W A Hughes (10); VX76785 Private R W Rice (11), VX75647 Private R L Mathieson (12); VX35179 Corporal R W Webb (13); VX14320 Private A W Corcoran (14).

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Accession Number
060576
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 November 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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