WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-03. A BITUMEN SPRAYER BEING FILLED WITH HOT MIX ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby, Ward's Airfield
Accession Number P01249.019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-03. A BITUMEN SPRAYER BEING FILLED WITH HOT MIX BITUMEN BY MEMBERS OF THE RAAF. MACHINERY AND BUILDINGS OF THE PLANT AND EMPTY BARRELS CAN BE SEEN. 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 40, 90G. (DONOR G. CREAGH)