077509 Accession Number: 077509

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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-06. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 15TH INFANTRY BATTALION WALKING ACROSS THE BRIDGE OVER THE TOROKINA RIVER AS THEY PROCEED TO THE FORWARD AREAS TO RELIEVE PERSONNEL OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 129TH UNITED STATES REGIMENT IN THE JABA RIVER AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT BOYLE (1); QX54239 PRIVATE CHAPPEL (2); VX130976 PRIVATE RASMUSSEN (3); VX117591 PRIVATE PRICE (4); QX31105 PRIVATE KEDDIE (5); QX63502 PRIVATE MATTINGLY (6); Q101649 PRIVATE VISION (7); QX62603 SERGEANT GILL (8); QX63525 CORPORAL BEDINGTON (9); Q102617 PRIVATE HOWARD (10); NX177186 PRIVATE LITTLE (11); N466231 PRIVATE O'DONNEL (12).

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Accession Number
077509
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Measurement
Overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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