New Guinea. Ship's time on this Allied barge carrying supplies to Australian troops north of ...

Accession Number 017248
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Brown, Norman
Place made New Guinea1, New Guinea1: Wewak Madang Area, Alexishafen
Date made 8 June 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

New Guinea. Ship's time on this Allied barge carrying supplies to Australian troops north of Alexishafen is kept by a wristwatch strapped through the nose of a native mask. Shown, Sergeant G. W. King of Ohio and Corporal R. M. Riley of Minnesota.