WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-03. A RAAF FITTER HOLDS A FACE MASK FOR PROTECTION ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby, Ward's Airfield
Accession Number P01249.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-03. A RAAF FITTER HOLDS A FACE MASK FOR PROTECTION WHILE REPAIRING EQUIPMENT WITH AN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER. WARDS AERODROME WAS WORKED ON BY BOTH NO. 2 AND NO. 5 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON (LATER AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON). ORIGINAL PRINT RAAF PHOTO GA1/2 39, 90G. (DONOR G. CREAGH)