Sheik's Daughter a Voluntary Worker. Petra Bass, whose grandfather is Sheik Ohmafie, came over ...

Accession Number 007491
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, East London
Date made c May 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Sheik's Daughter a Voluntary Worker. Petra Bass, whose grandfather is Sheik Ohmafie, came over from South Africa during the coronation of King George VI and has stayed ever since. She is now a voluntary worker, serving in the East End from a mobile canteen presented by the people of Zanzibar. It is one of the hundred canteens presented by the Colonies. The image shows Petra Bass serving behind the mobile canteen in the East End.

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