Description
Informal portrait of Surgeon Lieutenant Ronald George MacAlpine ‘Doc’ McKay RANR, from Broken Hill, NSW, exhausted after returning with a shooting party from HMAS Moresby. The party were guided by aborigines from the Snake Bay settlement to a swamp where they shot enough duck and geese to feed the ship's company and also give some to the settlement. He was appointed a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve on 18 August 1941 and served until 8 July 1946.
Details
Accession Number
P02305.021
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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