Live shoot by World War II soldiers, Stirling Island, Solomon Islands

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Title

Live shoot by World War II soldiers, Stirling Island, Solomon Islands

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

54th Anti-tank Battery at Wilson Point, Stirling Island, Solomon Islands, firing the anti-tank gun using live ammunition to hit towed targets, on 28 February 1944. Harry Stone is standing with his back to the camera looking through binoculars. Photographer unidentified. Addtional information provided by a family member of Harry Stone. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - C 2187/14/44; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - C2187 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physic...

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Format

Image

Date created

28 February 1944

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23255621

Locations

Stirling Island

Related subjects

New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF. 54th Anti-tank Regiment / World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Pacific Ocean / Stirling Island

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