Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the old ice works which became the camp of 17 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak Madang Area, Alexishafen
Accession Number P02065.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Alexishafen, New Guinea. 1944. Tents set up at the old ice works which became the camp of 17 Field Hygiene Company. This company, with the help of indigenous (native) Papuans, worked at eradicating malarial mosquitos. (Original print housed with AWM Private Records).