Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-1943. A view from the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number P01909.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-1943. A view from the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's command post on Paga Point. A camouflaged Sperry searchlight is in the foreground. The command post also housed two six inch guns and overlooked an anti-submarine boom at the mouth of the harbour.