Informal portrait of QFX59305 Private (Pte) Helen Pettit from Woolooga, Queensland, (1), and ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Accession Number 091963
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Bougainville
Date made 18 April 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of QFX59305 Private (Pte) Helen Pettit from Woolooga, Queensland, (1), and NFX202533 Pte Barbara Mitchell Webb from Orange, NSW (2), Australian Army Medical Women's Service members, cleaning the floor of the mess at 2/1 General Hospital. Pte Pettit was born on 10 October 1922 in Mackay, Queensland and served from 13 November 1943 until 13 February 1947. Pte Webb was born on 4 November 1918 and served from 18 October 1943 until 16 April 1947.