REINHOLD HIGHWAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-23. JEEP CONVOY OF HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wau Area, Wau Bulldog Area
Accession Number 056218
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

REINHOLD HIGHWAY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-23. JEEP CONVOY OF HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, THE FIRST CONVOY TO TRAVERSE THE NEW HIGHWAY, PHOTOGRAPHED AT PARER'S SLIP. THIS 68 MILE MILITARY ROAD FROM BULLDOG TO WAU WAS COMPLETED ON 1943-08-22 ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS AFTER ITS INCEPTION.