FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. PERSONNEL OF THE 1ST TANK GROUP BATTALION WORKSHOPS CANNIBALISING ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen
Accession Number 063186
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Sanders, William Charles
Date made 28 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

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. PERSONNEL OF THE 1ST TANK GROUP BATTALION WORKSHOPS CANNIBALISING A DAMAGED TANK FOR PARTS. THE 'CALAMITY JANE' TURRET WAS LATER USED IN TESTS OF AN 'ALL ROUND VISION CUPOLA', WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE TANK COMMANDER'S HEAD AND TO GIVE ALL ROUND VISION UNDER FIRE (SEE 071127 TO 071136). IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: NX140713 STAFF SERGEANT J. E. SAUNDERS (2); SX16042 CRAFTSMAN N. T. GORING (3); SX23704 CRAFTSMAN F. J. FOX (4).