060577 Accession Number: 060577

Description

A patrol from C Company, 2/24th Battalion, setting out to tap a Japanese telephone line, being briefed by the Officer Commanding C Company setting out to tap a Japanese telephone line, being briefed by VX46436 Captain Edward Patrick Harty (left, crouching). Others identified are: VX33860 Lieutenant J H Caple (2). VX50720 Kenneth William Crichton (3); VX75207. PRIVATE D. N. MUIR. (4); VX68274 PRIVATE W. J. LOBB. (5); VX41873 WARRANT OFFICER II S. H. RIDLEY (6); VX75910 PRIVATE N. W. JONES. (7); VX67518 SIGNALMAN R. MITCHELL. (8); VX76785 PRIVATE R. W. RICE. (9); VX75647 PRIVATE P. L. MATHIESON. (10); VX14320 PRIVATE A. W. CORCORAN. (11); VX32579 CORPORAL R. W. WEBB. (12). Although the identified people are numbered, a numbered image cannot be located so Captain Harty is the only person whose poition can be confirmed [due to his rank pips].

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Accession Number
060577
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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