MOROTAI, BORNEO 1945-09-10. 1ST AUSTRALIAN PRESS UNIT, PUBLISHERS OF THE AIF NEWSPAPER "TABLE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number 120004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI, BORNEO 1945-09-10. 1ST AUSTRALIAN PRESS UNIT, PUBLISHERS OF THE AIF NEWSPAPER "TABLE TOPS". ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE UNIT'S MOBILE GENERATOR, TRUCK MOUNTED PRINTING OPERATION, AND THE LAYOUT OF THE UNIT'S ACCOMMODATION. THE SERIES WAS COMPILED AS A REFERENCE FOR AN INTENDED MODEL OF THE UNIT TO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY SERGEANT GEORGE BROWNING OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION. THE UNIT'S SHOWER BLOCK. (PHOTOGRAPHER STAFF SERGEANT R. STEWART)