Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Arawe |
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Accession Number | 016335 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white, Portrait |
Physical description | Black & white, Portrait |
Maker |
Dick, Harold George |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Arawe |
Date made | 15 December 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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New Britain. A tractor advances through the coconut grove at Arawe towards Japanese positions ...
Description
New Britain. A tractor advances through the coconut grove at Arawe towards Japanese positions further inland. Bombing and strafing attacks by Allied aircraft had caused havoc throughout the sector, and the scene of desolation was magnified by the ravage of grasshoppers. Note how the fronds of the coconut palms have been mangled and the signs of battering on the trunks of the palms.