NEW GUINEA, 1942-08. BREN GUN AND UNIVERSAL CARRIERS OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION AUSTRALIAN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 026134
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NEW GUINEA, 1942-08. BREN GUN AND UNIVERSAL CARRIERS OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BATTALION AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, PHOTOGRAPHED WHILST ON MANOEUVRES IN THE NEW GUINEA JUNGLE. THE KUNAI GRASS IN THIS PICTURE IS BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR FEET TALL. ON OCCASIONS IT GROWS TO A HEIGHT OF SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET.