079182 Accession Number: 079182

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AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-13. NX1337 SERGEANT C.P. HOOPER, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION PROUDLY DISPLAYS HIS 40 DAY OLD BEARD BACK AT CAMP ON THE RETURN OF "JOCK FORCE". "JOCK FORCE" WAS A PATROL OF TWO OFFICERS AND TEN MEN OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION LED BY NX122980 CAPTAIN A J MARSHALL, THE ONE ARMED OFFICER IN CHARGE, WHICH SPENT 40 DAYS BEHIND THE JAPANESE LINES RECONNOITRING THE AREA.

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Accession Number
079182
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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