New Guinea. Dressed in jungle green Australian uniforms, Sikhs rescued when the Americans ...

Accession Number 017107
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Edwards, Reg J
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 12 May 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

New Guinea. Dressed in jungle green Australian uniforms, Sikhs rescued when the Americans attacked the Japanese held Admiralty Islands, are given medical attention at an Australian base. As Hari Singh of Punjab, India, gets ready to step into a waiting ambulance, a hospital tag is pinned on him by Private Irven Stanley of East Melbourne, Vic.