New Guinea. A second Victory War Loan poster, reading 'Save for the brave Let us avenge the ...

Accession Number 017536
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Band, Jack
Place made New Guinea1, New Guinea: Lae
Date made 15 September 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

New Guinea. A second Victory War Loan poster, reading 'Save for the brave Let us avenge the Nurses', which had been displayed in one of the workshops at Lae. Corporal E. Johnston of Camberwell, Vic (wearing hat), and Staff Sergeant S. Steward of Fitzroy, Vic, are working at the lathe. The poster depicts the hospital ship Centaur which was sunk on 14 May 1943 off Point Lookout, Qld.

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