NEW GUINEA. AS THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU NEAR SALAMAUA GOES ON AUSTRALIAN VETERANS REALISE THEY ...

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Accession Number 015466
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Short, Gordon Herbert
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Mount Tambu
Date made 9 August 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

NEW GUINEA. AS THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU NEAR SALAMAUA GOES ON AUSTRALIAN VETERANS REALISE THEY HAVE NEVER FOUGHT A NASTIER COMBINATION THAN THE JUNGLE AND THE JAPANESE. HERE ARE WOUNDED RETURNING FROM THE FRONT LINE ALONG A MUDDY TRACK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).