063636 Accession Number: 063636

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FARIA RIVER, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-18. MEMBERS OF THE 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLAMBERING ALONG THE ROCK-FACED BANK OF THE FARIA RIVER ON THEIR WAY TO GUY'S POST. THEY ARE: SX1461 MAJOR G. R. MIETHKE MC (1); NX98716 PRIVATE S. A. GRIMSHAW (2). THE FARIA RIVER WAS IN FLOOD AND ALL THE BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY. THIS NECESSITATED CLIMBING THE ROCK FACE.

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Accession Number
063636
Photographer
Lieutenant Norman Bradford Stuckey
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
18 January 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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