| Place | Oceania: New Guinea1 |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 014043 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | New Guinea |
| Date made | 8 January 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
THE GRAVE OF FOUR AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN "SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA". ON THE GRAVE IS A PIECE OF ...
Description
THE GRAVE OF FOUR AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN "SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA". ON THE GRAVE IS A PIECE OF MATERIAL FROM THEIR PLANE ON WHICH IS WRITTEN "HERE LIE THE BODIES OF W. H. R. CAMPBELL, F. EKINS, A. SHAKESPEARE, A. H. WOODS, WHO DIED ON THE DAWN OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE JAPANESE-GERMAN WAR". NATIVES BROUGHT IN THE BODIES AND, AS THERE WAS NO TIMBER AVAILABLE, FOR COFFINS, THEY CUT UP SOME OF THEIR TREASURED CANOES.