A wounded Australian soldier is aided by a Papuan orderly named Raphael Oimbari, during the Battle of New Guinea, near Buna. December 25, 1942 [505 x 600]
A wounded Australian soldier is aided by a Papuan orderly named Raphael Oimbari, during the Battle of New Guinea, near Buna. December 25, 1942 [505 x 600]
For anyone interested, Dan Carlin’s podcast Supernova in the East (6 episodes of combined 24 hours) covers the fighting there and and help of the locals superbly.
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The soldiers name was private George Whittington. He later seccumbed to scrub typhus in 1943.
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For anyone interested, Dan Carlin’s podcast Supernova in the East (6 episodes of combined 24 hours) covers the fighting there and and help of the locals superbly.
The soldiers name was private George Whittington. He later seccumbed to scrub typhus in 1943.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna%E2%80%93Gona?wprov=sfla1