Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07-26. Leading Aircraftman Charlie Griffiths of Camperdown, NSW, a ...

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Accession Number 018872
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Date made 26 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Balikpapan, Borneo. 1945-07-26. Leading Aircraftman Charlie Griffiths of Camperdown, NSW, a member of an RAAF Airfield Construction Squadron working a pneumatic pump emptying bomb craters filled with water on Sepinggang airstrip, the first to be used by the allies after the landing.