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WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. A FORMAL GROUP OF NO. 12 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION. THE GROUP HAS THREE DECORATED MEN: SERGEANT E. HAYLETT, MILITARY MEDAL; LIEUTENANT H.H. MACFIE, MILITARY CROSS; AND CORPORAL G.A. LAMBERT, MILITARY MEDAL. SERGEANT J.A. SEWELL OF THE SAME PLATOON, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION, WAS ALSO A MILITARY MEDAL WINNER, MAKING THIS PLATOON PROBABLY THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED ONE IN THE DIVISION.
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Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
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