062299 Accession Number: 062299

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SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 27th December, 1943. A stretcher party of the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 21st Australian Infantry Brigade negotiating a difficult section of the track with a wounded soldier during the attack on the Japanese held "Pimple". Identified left to right. Rear: Unidentified; VX91417 Captain J.C. ZWAR, Medical Officer, bearing stretcher; WX17091 Chaplain C.W.J. CUNNINGHAM, MBE (Roman Catholic). Unidentified injured personnel on stretcher. Front stretcher bearers: WX11750 Sergeant M. STEWART; WX32128 Private D.F. O'KEEFE.

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Accession Number
062299
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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