077510 Accession Number: 077510

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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. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX161557 LIEUTENANT O'BRIEN (1); WX22442 PRIVATE WATSON (2); WX22619 PRIVATE MILES (3); S18162 PRIVATE BEELITZ (4); QX59183 CORPORAL PENTICOST (5); QX62802 CORPORAL HINE (6); WX22639 CORPORAL HENDERSON (7).

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Accession Number
077510
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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