091318 Accession Number: 091318

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BOIKEN AREA, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR. 1945-04-28. MEMBERS OF 2/1 TANK ATTACK REGIMENT DIGGING A PIT FOR THE TRAIL WHILE MOUNTING A 75 MM PACK HOWITZER ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK TO ATTAIN A HIGH ELEVATION FOR FIRING ON JAPANESE DUG IN ON A HIGH FEATURE BACK FROM THE COAST. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- GUNNER G.H. BIRD (1); BOMBARDIER S.J. DENNING (2); CORPORAL V.T. HANSEN (3); GUNNER D.J. RUSSELL (4); GUNNER R.J. WALSH (5); SERGEANT C.W. MANSON (6); BOMBARDIER H.J.H. MASON (7); QX1 SERGEANT J.W. ARCHER (8); SERGEANT G.F. MOLL (9). QX1 Sergeant Archer had the lowest enlistment number of any Queensland member of the AIF. He enlisted in Brisbane, QLD, on 20 October 1939.

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Accession Number
091318
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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