New Guinea. Willing hands help two natives to strip palm leaves to decorate the clubrooms for the ...

Accession Number 016970
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Short, Gordon Herbert
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 17 April 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. Willing hands help two natives to strip palm leaves to decorate the clubrooms for the weekly dance social. At work are Private (Pte) June Wilson of Mildura, Vic, Pte Jean Horner of Loch, Vic; VFX121111 Pte Kathleen Margaret (Peggy) Thomson of Ivanhoe, Vic, a medical officer, and Sergeant John Boyd of Bankstown, NSW.