New Zealand soldiers and guns, Vella Lavella Island

New Zealand soldiers and guns, Vella Lavella Island
Date
[1943]
Reference
WH-0198B-F
Description

Vella Lavella Island. Soldiers of 3 New Zealand Division's 53 Anti-tank Regiment, resting after hauling their heavy guns through the mud of the jungle. Two guns can be seen with mud up to the axils. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time between 21 September and 9 October 1943.

Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - I 875 Troops of 3 (NZ) Division in Vella Lavella. Gunners resting after hauling their heavy guns through the mud slush of the jungle. Official war photograph).

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 10 x 12 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - WH Series
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Cellulosic film negative 10 x 12 cm
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New Zealand soldiers and guns, Vella Lavella Island. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: WH-0198B-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22318317

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