Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-06-06. The interior of the gun pit where Chaplain F. M. Hill, of ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby, Paga Battery
Accession Number 100501
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
Place made Papua: Port Moresby
Date made 6 June 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

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-06-06. The interior of the gun pit where Chaplain F. M. Hill, of St John's Church of England, holds a Padre's Hour for members of the Paga Paga Battery, Coast Artillery, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). Left to right: Back row: NX143963 Gunner (Gnr) J. R. Wood; V230149 Gnr J. G. Branson; NI07186 Gnr McPherson; TX3232 Gnr C. Rowlands; NX172046 Bombardier F. J. Fay; VX86192 Gnr M. H. Boughton; TX15456 Gnr M. T. Rowlands; NX105913 Gnr F. L. Burgess; NX177633 Bdr K. A. Baker; NX19600 Sgt J. G. Medwin. Front sitting: NX117114 Gnr C. L. Sutcliffe; NX115464 Gnr K. G. McLean; V150329 Gnr J. P. Bickerton; NXI09427 Gnr N. E. Buckland; NX165125 Gnr J. G. Cooper; VX101003 Gnr K. J. C. Lowther. Front standing: NX146117 Chaplain F. M. Hill.