Group portrait of Australian servicemen and US personnel from the United States Army Air Force ...

Accession Number P03993.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Laloki River Area, 17 Mile (Port Moresby)
Date made September 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of Australian servicemen and US personnel from the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 499th Squadron Intelligence Section at 17 mile at Port Moresby. Identified personnel are believed to be in the photograph are from left to right: Back row: Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) Robert LeMay; Captain (Capt) William Lawson (either 237653 Capt William Bressay Lawson or VX76955 Capt William Naisby Lawson); Sergeant (Sgt) Ted Wakefield. Front row: Sgt Eugene Colihan; SX9039 Capt Joseph Wilcox Carlisle (Joe) Stevens, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, of Adelaide, SA (Australian Liaison Officer) (middle); Lieutenant (Lt) Pat Goforth.