Captain S. Baldwin, Naval Officer in Charge, HMAS Melville, Headquarters Royal Australian Navy, ...

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Accession Number 062385
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative film pack nitrate
Maker Martin, William Donald
Date made 22 December 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Captain S. Baldwin, Naval Officer in Charge, HMAS Melville, Headquarters Royal Australian Navy, inspecting a squad of Melville Island men. Identified left to right: Harry One; Holder Adams; Ali Miller (Mungatopi); Francis Butcher (Tippaklippa); Victor Adams; Charlie One (Tippaklippa); Melon; Brownie Araku; Man Fong; Charlie Two; Ginger Two (on end of row, mostly obscured); Captain Baldwin; Ginger One. Holder Adams was one of two men from Melville Island sent to Timor aboard an Allied submarine as part of Allied Intelligence Bureau patrols.