WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-03. MEMBERS OF THE RAAF AT WORK BUILDING A DRAIN, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby, Ward's Airfield
Accession Number P01249.009
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. MEMBERS OF THE RAAF AT WORK BUILDING A DRAIN, USING SAWN TIMBERS WITH ROCK FILL, BESIDE A RUNWAY. WARDS AERODROME WAS WORKED ON BY BOTH NO. 2 AND NO. 5 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON (LATER AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON). ORIGINAL PRINT RAAF OFFICIAL PHOTO GA1/2 22, 90G. (DONOR G. CREAGH)