Arawe, New Britain. Australian sailors who helped to transport United States troops in their ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Arawe
Accession Number 016318
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Dick, Harold George
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Arawe
Date made 28 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Arawe, New Britain. Australian sailors who helped to transport United States troops in their assault on Arawe. Left to right: Able Seaman Mick Sparkes of Croydon, SA; Martin Fischer of Texarakana, of Lincoln, Illinois; Ordinary Seaman (OD) Jack Western of Brisbane, Qld; OD Bruce Candy of Melbourne, Vic.