MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE "THROWING THE COCONUT" EVENT DURING ...

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Accession Number 073964
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Frazer, Alton Lyall
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-17. TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE "THROWING THE COCONUT" EVENT DURING THE TABLOID SPORTS MEETING CONDUCTED BY HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE WITHIN THE SIAR PLANTATION. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX11876 CORPORAL J. BLACK; V235965 PRIVATE (PTE) G. R. CHESTER; VX12481 PTE C. J.DUNNE; WX13416 PTE J. J. MCNEILL; VX111857 STAFF SERGEANT R. W. STANLEY; VX147590 PTE G. R. PILTZ; SX2081 PTE J. H. TILLEY; NX60230 PTE H. WILES AND VX111804 PTE C. G. BROUGHTON.