SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. TANK AND CREW OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION ...

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Accession Number 060629
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-18. TANK AND CREW OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION WHO WERE ISOLATED FROM THEIR UNIT FOR SIX HOURS WHEN A TRACK WAS BLOWN OFF. THE CREW WERE IN THE TANK. UNDER FIRE, AND CAME OUT AT DARK. THE TANK WAS LEFT OUT ALL NIGHT AND WAS REPAIRED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE SWORD SHOWN WAS CAPTURED FROM A JAPANESE OFFICER. SHOWN ARE: UNKNOWN. NX101469 LIEUTENANT JOHN O'DONNELL OF WAHROONGA, NSW, NX114555 TROOPER LAURIE SMALL OF BRINGELLY, NSW, NX114536 CORPORAL HAROLD MCCOY OF BERRY, NSW, NX113909 TROOPER MICK WILSON OF COWRA, NSW, SX8138 CORPORAL A. V. MCKENZIE OF YORK PENINSULA, SA. UNKNOWN. WX10461 PRIVATE R. V. CARRUTHERS.