LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-27. QX54183 GUNNER A. C. FARD ON LOOKING THROUGH THE AZIMUTH INSTRUMENT ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 071773
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Frazer, Alton Lyall
Date made 29 March 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

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-27. QX54183 GUNNER A. C. FARD ON LOOKING THROUGH THE AZIMUTH INSTRUMENT AT THE OBSERVATION POST AT N HEAVY BATTERY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA. THE BEARINGS MADE TO ONE HUNDREDTH OF A DEGREE, ARE TAKEN FROM A TREE AT A HEIGHT OF A HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE COASTLINE.