FARIA RIVER, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-18. MEMBERS OF THE 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION ...

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Accession Number 063636
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Date made 18 January 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

FARIA RIVER, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-18. MEMBERS OF THE 2/10TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLAMBERING ALONG THE ROCK-FACED BANK OF THE FARIA RIVER ON THEIR WAY TO GUY'S POST. THEY ARE: SX1461 MAJOR G. R. MIETHKE MC (1); NX98716 PRIVATE S. A. GRIMSHAW (2). THE FARIA RIVER WAS IN FLOOD AND ALL THE BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY. THIS NECESSITATED CLIMBING THE ROCK FACE.