116623
Photograph 116623 Second World War, 1939-1945DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-21. THE HOSPITAL SHIP, ORANJE, ARRIVED AT DARWIN, BRINGING RELEASED POWS HOME FROM SINGAPORE. SHOWN, PRIVATE (PTE) G. REID, A BED PATIENT, TALKING TO PTE G. POOLE, AWAS.
026630 Accession Number: 026630
Description
A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun position, A Troop, 2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), on the main fighter runway at Gili Gili airfield, Milne Bay. A P-40E-1 Kittyhawk fighter of 75 Squadron RAAF, serial A29-97, coded "X4" can be seen coming into land.
At rear of gun, left to right: VX44507 Geoffrey R George; VX47412 Jack Maxwell Crittenden and VX36313 Alfred Donald (Tim) Jennings. Also included in the photograph are NX22470 Beresford Bede Boughton, gun loader on platform, VX28384 Robert (Bob) Waterman, ammunition supplier, VX36335 Jack Quick, gun layer (seated, on left) and gun layer NX16412 Edward John Preece (with binoculars on the right behind the barrel).
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Accession Number
026630
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 5x4" nitrate
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 3 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in
Image: 3 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in
Image: 3 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in
Date Made
September 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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