Popondetta, Papua, 1942-12. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the 2/4th Field ...

Accession Number P02424.133
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Watson, Alan O
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Popondetta, Papua, 1942-12. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance standing on the wing of a wrecked Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft lying on the Popondetta airstrip. Left to right: possibly NX34655 Captain Alan Oliver Watson, the unit's Dental Officer; NX454 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Francis Hobson, CO of the unit; possibly SX13013 Lieutenant Murray V. Barlow, the Transport Officer; NX34710 Captain Geoffrey Vernon Mutton, a Medical Officer (MO).