Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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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
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Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1942-1943. A view from the 67th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery's ...
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.