The Regimental Aid Post (RAP) at Murray Barracks after a Japanese 18 Bomber Raid. The RAP, which ...

Accession Number P03929.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Rogers, Norman Reginald
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 24 March 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The Regimental Aid Post (RAP) at Murray Barracks after a Japanese 18 Bomber Raid. The RAP, which held the instruments and phamaceuticals, was the only building to suffer a direct hit during the raid. This image is one of the only photographic records of the aftermath of the raid as the photographer, QX62319 Lieutenant Norman Reginald Rogers of the 49th Battalion, was the only one present with a camera.

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