Group portrait of the staff of “9PA” broadcasting station, a newly opened Australian Broadcasting ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 070547
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Place made Papua: Port Moresby
Date made 20 February 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

Group portrait of the staff of “9PA” broadcasting station, a newly opened Australian Broadcasting Commission station in Port Moresby, manned by both Australians and Americans which was a popular amenity to troops in the area. Identified personnel, from left to right, are: Back row: Corporal E. Hughes, United States Army; NX80417 Captain Colin “Robin” Wood, Station Supervisor. Middle row: Corporal H. O’Hara, United States Army; Private First Class R. J. Bayer, United States Army; Sergeant G. Verner United States Army. Front row: Mr V. J. Anderson, Australian War Correspondent; Captain E. L. Tidwell, United States Army; Mr G. F. Norton, Australian War Correspondent.