Members of “B” Company 57/60th Infantry Battalion, moving up Kankiryo Saddle along steps cut by ...

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Accession Number 070458
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area, Ramu River Area, Faria River Area, Kankiryo
Date made 15 February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Members of “B” Company 57/60th Infantry Battalion, moving up Kankiryo Saddle along steps cut by the 2/9th Infantry Battalion. “B” Company is on the march to relieve 2/9th Infantry Battalion at the Prothero Features in the Finisterre Range. Identified personnel from left to right are: VX141789 Private (Pte) Thomas Rutherford Hope; VX142139 Pte Gerald Godfrey Dwyer; VX141788 Pte Charles Phillips Saunders; VX108702 Corporal Raymond John Mullavey; Unidentified NX155946 Pte Reginald John Cowen.