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Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-10-06. The open-air cinema at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The stage, which has been built entirely out of the blunt ends of sago palms, is surmounted by an ornate sign which bears a crown and the words: 'RAAF NC His Majesty's Theatre'. A screen hangs down at the front of the stage. In the foreground are some fold-up chairs, logs and empty drums on which RAAF airmen sit to watch films, while a hessian enclosure (left) is the area reserved for officers. In the background (far left) is the tent occupied by 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence. (Donor J. Wheatley) (Compare image P1407/05)
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-09. Outdoors group portrait of the officers of Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The man in the front row (seventh from left) is the unit's Commandi
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-10-01. A group of officers from Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), aboard RAAF Crash Launch no. 08-40 of No. 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight. The man stand
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), tends plants he has ra
Astrolabe Bay, Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. 82586 Flying Officer (FO) Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), re
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-09-15. A well-constructed latrine or dunny at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The latrine consists of a timber frame with hessian walls and a corrugated iron roo
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. Stark naked except for a pair of boots, 82586 Flying Officer Allen Robert Griffiths (right), Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF N
