KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-31. CORPORAL W. GORDON, A RADIO OPERATOR WITH NO. 79 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, Trobriand Islands
Accession Number OG0630
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-31. CORPORAL W. GORDON, A RADIO OPERATOR WITH NO. 79 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF, AT HIS EQUIPMENT UNDERGROUND IN A BUNKER GIVING THE ORDER FOR THE SQUADRON TO SCRAMBLE. GORDON WAS FORMERLY THE STAGE MANAGER AT THE MELBOURNE TIVOLI.