| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART26780 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 76.2 x 128.27 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Freedman, Harold |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Jackson's 7 Mile Drome
Description
The original "Seven Mile" drome at Port Moresby, later named after Squadron Leader J.F. Jackson, DFC, of 75 Squadron, who was killed on a mission from this airstrip. Treacherous Owen Stanley Ranges form a rugged background. During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the RAAF and was appointed as a war artist attached to the RAAF Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.