DALLMAN HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-11. A SAILING REGATTA, ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE FROM 16 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak, Wewak Area, Dallman Harbour
Accession Number 099313
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

DALLMAN HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-11. A SAILING REGATTA, ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE FROM 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WAS HELD ON DALLMAN HARBOUR. FORTY FIVE CRAFT, MADE BY THE CREWS FROM MATERIALS SALVAGED IN THE AREA, TOOK PART. SHOWN, THE SKIFF "BULLSEYE", WHICH WAS SKIPPERED BY CAPTAIN JACKSON OF 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION, SAILING AROUND THE HARBOUR PRIOR TO THE MAIN EVENT.