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Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. Four RAAF officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), celebrate Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day with a session of solid drinking. The men are (left to right): Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Gordon Grainger; Flt Lt Toby Clay; 82586 Flying Officer (FO) Allen Robert Griffiths, Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence; Squadron Leader Arch Longden, Welfare Officer. The men, sitting at the entrance to Flt Lt Grainger's hut or tent, are humourously examining FO Griffiths' shorts which do not adequately cover his genitals. On the table in front of the men is an array of bottles of alcohol, including gin, vermouth and perhaps whisky. A grimy kerosene refrigerator stands at rear (right). Both Flt Lt Grainger and FO Griffiths have cigarettes in their hands.
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. Sitting around a table (left) on which glasses and bottles of alcohol are resting, four RAAF officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), celebra
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. Informal outdoors portrait of three officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The men, dressed only in shorts, are (left to right): Flight Lie
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-15. During their celebrations for Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day, RAAF servicemen from Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM), sit on an upturned boat or dinghy afte
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-07. Outdoors group portrait of the Operations and Intelligence officers of all three services serving at Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). Left to right, back row:
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08. Informal outdoors portrait of four bare-chested officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM). The men are (left to right): Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)
Madang, New Guinea, 1945-08-03. Stark naked, 82586 Flying Officer (FO) Allen Robert Griffiths (left), Administrative and Special Duties (A&SD) Intelligence, Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM
