072636 Accession Number: 072636

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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-25. MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GOC AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1), WITH SERGEANT IWAGU, GM, ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY (2), AT KAKAKOG NATIVE CAMP. THE SERGEANT HAD BEEN AWARDED THE GEORGE MEDAL FOR RESCUING CAPTAIN LEUTCHFORD, WHO WAS WOUNDED, FROM DROWNING, AND LAYING OVER HIS BODY DURING AN AIR RAID AT SCARLET BEACH.

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072636
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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