Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. Informal outdoors portrait of four bare-chested officers serving ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Madang
Accession Number P02257.073
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Griffiths, Allen
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. Informal outdoors portrait of four bare-chested officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The men are (left to right): Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Toby Clay; Flt Lt John Hazelden; 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, who is holding a cigarette; Fred Taylor, who has a towel wrapped around his waist. The men are standing in front of Flt Lt Clay's vegetable garden and tent. The garden has some healthy tomato plants growing in it.