SEGI AREA, NEW GEORGIA, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. AN INTELLIGENCE PATROL ABOUT TO SET ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Segi
Accession Number 304747
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Maker Mackenzie, H A
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SEGI AREA, NEW GEORGIA, BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE. AN INTELLIGENCE PATROL ABOUT TO SET OUT FROM THE COASTWATCHER STATION. THE STOCKADE AT RIGHT CENTRE ENCLOSES A BATHING POOL FOR JAPANESE PRISONERS. THE CLUMP OF BUSHES TO THE RIGHT OF THE STOCKADE IS ACTUALLY A CAMOUFLAGED CAPTURED JAPANESE LANDING BARGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)