| Accession Number | P02704.017 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Port Moresby, New Guinea. "Here is a quiet room, Pause for a little space, and in the deepening ...
Description
Port Moresby, New Guinea. "Here is a quiet room, Pause for a little space, and in the deepening gloom, With hands before thy face Pray for God's Grace. Let no unholy thought Enter thy musing mind; Things which the world hath brough[t], Unclean, untrue, unkind - Leave them behind. Pray for the strength of God Strength to obey his plan; Rise from thy knees less clod (?) Than when thy prayer began More of a Man." (by Donald Cox 1916) Padre P. Sands, the first RAAF Chaplain in wartime New Guinea, included this verse with a photograph of the altar in the Rec[reation] Hut in an album that he put together as a tribute to the Moresby Microbes concert party which he instigated with Billy Challoner. The album given to LAC Frank Lansdowne, a member of the Moresby Microbes, is now held in the Private Records collection of the Australian War Memorial. (Donor J. Treseder)