Popondetta, Papua, 1942-12. Three members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance gathered on and beside the ...

Accession Number P02424.134
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

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Description

Popondetta, Papua, 1942-12. Three members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance gathered on and beside the wreckage of a Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft lying on the Popondetta airstrip. Left to right: NX34710 Captain Geoffrey Vernon Mutton, a Medical Officer (MO); NX454 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Francis Hobson, CO of the unit; possibly NX34655 Captain Alan Oliver Watson, the unit's Dental Officer.