New Guinea. Able Seaman James Newton of Port Melbourne, Vic, cleans the pompom barrel as an RAN ...

Accession Number 016993
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Driver, Roy
Place made New Guinea1, Off: Off New Guinea
Date made 22 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. Able Seaman James Newton of Port Melbourne, Vic, cleans the pompom barrel as an RAN warship, HMAS Shropshire, steams to the assembly point for the attack on Japanese held Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.