NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-10. SIMPLICITY WAS THE KEYNOTE OF AN ALLIED MEMORIAL ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number OG1775
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-10. SIMPLICITY WAS THE KEYNOTE OF AN ALLIED MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE WAR CEMETERY WHERE AMERICANS AND MEMBERS OF THE RAAF WHO FELL AT NOEMFOOR ISLAND ARE BURIED. HYMNS AND PRAYERS PRECEDED A SALUTE TO THE DEAD BY AN AMERICAN FIRING PARTY.