NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A LOG IS BEING HAULED THROUGH THE JUNGLE TO A SAWMILL OPERATED BY ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Nadzab
Accession Number OG0711
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. A LOG IS BEING HAULED THROUGH THE JUNGLE TO A SAWMILL OPERATED BY NO. 62 MOBILE WORKS SQUADRON RAAF, WHERE, WITHIN A FEW HOURS, IT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO TIMBER. ALTHOUGH THIS GREEN TIMBER LASTS ONLY A FEW MONTHS, IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE FLEETING DEMANDS OF A FAST-MOVING WAR. THE TRACTOR DRIVER IS LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN B. L. WALKER, DANDENONG, VIC.