KIRIWINA, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, PAPUA. 1944-01-31. IN MODERN WARFARE, AERODROME DEFENCE IS VITAL AND ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, Trobriand Islands
Accession Number OG0641
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. IN MODERN WARFARE, AERODROME DEFENCE IS VITAL AND THE RAAF HAS TRAINED A NUMBER OF "TOUGH GUYS" TO LOOK AFTER ITS POSSESSIONS. SERGEANT R. F. O'CONNELL, GYMPIE, QLD, AN AERODROME DEFENCE INSTRUCTOR, SHOWS AIRFIELD GUARDS HOW TO OPERATE A VICKERS GUN.