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Slide - KODAK LANTERN SLIDES WW2 ERA, Set of slides of George Silk photographs of Australians at Battle of Buna

  • 10784.01P Australian Stuart tanks attack Japanese Bunker.

    10784.01P Australian Stuart tanks attack Japanese Bunker.

  • 10784.02P 9th Australian general hospital Port Moresby

    10784.02P 9th Australian general hospital Port Moresby

  • 10784.03P Australian M3 Stuart light tank

    10784.03P Australian M3 Stuart light tank

  • 10784.04P Australian soldier getting grenades from tank.

    10784.04P Australian soldier getting grenades from tank.

  • 10784.05P Australian infantry Buna

    10784.05P Australian infantry Buna

  • 10784.06P Australian Stuart light tanks Buna

    10784.06P Australian Stuart light tanks Buna

  • 10784.07P Stuart tanks Buna

    10784.07P Stuart tanks Buna

  • 10784.08P Australians on patrol in New Guinea

    10784.08P Australians on patrol in New Guinea

  • 10784.09P Beach Cape Endiaidere.

    10784.09P Beach Cape Endiaidere.

  • 10784.10P Japanese about to blow himself up with a grenade

    10784.10P Japanese about to blow himself up with a grenade

  • 10784.11P Japanese dead Buna beach

    10784.11P Japanese dead Buna beach

  • 10784.12P Japanese dead Buna

    10784.12P Japanese dead Buna

  • 10784.13P Japanese landing barge and dead Japanese Buna

    10784.13P Japanese landing barge and dead Japanese Buna

  • 10784.14P Local tribespeople New Guinea

    10784.14P Local tribespeople New Guinea

  • 10784.15P Slides box

    10784.15P Slides box

  • 10784.01P Australian Stuart tanks attack Japanese Bunker.
  • 10784.02P 9th Australian general hospital Port Moresby
  • 10784.03P Australian M3 Stuart light tank
  • 10784.04P Australian soldier getting grenades from tank.
  • 10784.05P Australian infantry Buna
  • 10784.06P Australian Stuart light tanks Buna
  • 10784.07P Stuart tanks Buna
  • 10784.08P Australians on patrol in New Guinea
  • 10784.09P Beach Cape Endiaidere.
  • 10784.10P Japanese about to blow himself up with a grenade
  • 10784.11P Japanese dead Buna beach
  • 10784.12P Japanese dead Buna
  • 10784.13P Japanese landing barge and dead Japanese Buna
  • 10784.14P Local tribespeople New Guinea
  • 10784.15P Slides box

Historical information

A set of 14 glass plate slides of official photography from the Battle of Buna-Gona in 1943. The images were originally taken by famous photographer George Silk, and have featured heavily in histories of the campaign since the war. The slides themselves are 'photographs of photographs' evident by the pins holding down the corners of the images. The slides were likely taken for educational purposes, and would have been used during the war. This is evident by the obscured identification numbers on the Stuart tank in slide 01.

Physical description

Glass plate slides in original box

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