LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. LIEUTENANT (SP) NASH (1), (INTELLIGENCE OFFICER), ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 071985
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Frazer, Alton Lyall
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-01. LIEUTENANT (SP) NASH (1), (INTELLIGENCE OFFICER), ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, WITH O/N21193 PETTY OFFICER TELEGRAPHIST S.T. CLARK (2), OUTSIDE THE RADIO STATION AT HEADQUARTERS LAE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY PORT DIRECTORATE. THIS STATION, AN IMPORTANT TARGET, WAS FIRST HIDDEN UNDER TREES AND HEAVILY REINFORCED AGAINST BOMB BLAST AS A PROTECTION AGAINST ENEMY BOMBERS.