PRESENTATION OF LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS AT WAU AERODROME. ON PARADE. A GUARD OF NATIVE CONSTABLES ON ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wau Area, Wau
Accession Number 014377/09
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Clarke,
Place made New Guinea1: Wau Area, Wau
Date made 3 March 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

PRESENTATION OF LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS AT WAU AERODROME. ON PARADE. A GUARD OF NATIVE CONSTABLES ON PARADE AT WAU AERODROME NEW GUINEA, WHEN THE G.O.C. PRESENTED LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS TO FOUR CONSTABLES. THE DRILL OF THESE GUARDS, PARTICULARLY RIFLE DRILL WOULD DO CREDIT TO ANY FAMOUS REGIMENT ACCORDING TO ALLIED OFFICERS. (NEGATIVE BY CAPT. CLARKE).