LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-08. RAAF ARMOURERS OUTSIDE THEIR "BOMBING UP" POINT ON A JUNGLE ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Accession Number OG3276
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-08-08. RAAF ARMOURERS OUTSIDE THEIR "BOMBING UP" POINT ON A JUNGLE LANDING AIRSTRIP ON BOUGAINVILLE. NOTE THE HIGH-SOUNDING NAME, EL RANCHO GRANDE, THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR "DUMP" AND THERE IS THE DOG - "HORRIBLE" BY NAME BUT NOT BY NATURE. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT DESMOND WILLIAMS; CORPORAL MICK O'SHANNESSY; LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) GEORGE BLISS; LAC KEITH HEUGH; LAC RAY STARR; LAC WAL REYNOLDS.