On board HMAS Norman with the British Pacific Fleet. Slaving over a hot stove all day is Cook ...

Accession Number 018900
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Place made At sea
Date made 30 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

On board HMAS Norman with the British Pacific Fleet. Slaving over a hot stove all day is Cook Graham Giles of Melbourne, Vic. He is just testing the last of eighty loaves of bread, that he bakes each day. His partner, Cook Frank Craig of Melbourne, Vic, is checking up on some vegetables. These men cook for 260 men, three meals a day, in a galley about ten feet square.

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