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Photograph 016516 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan (right) and Lieutenant Sister? surrounded by local native children.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Guinea. Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan (right) and Lieutenant Sister? surrounded by local native children.
New Guinea. Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan (right) and Lieutenant Sister? surrounded by local native children.

New Guinea. Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan (right) and Lieutenant ? surrounded by local native children in the 'main street' of the village.

Nursing Sister Evelyn Morgan waves the grass skirt given to her by natives as she leaves their village in the lakatoi (native boat) on which visitors are ferried across the estuary. She is ferried by

PA PA, PAPUA. 1943-12-02. VX80954 CAPTAIN A. G. SCHOLES, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE LIGHTS AN AFTER LUNCH PIPE SURROUNDED BY NATIVE CHILDREN.

New Guinea. A soldier and local children on a prau (canoe) at the foreshore of a native village.

New Guinea. Local native children help to haul in the fishing nets. Fresh fish for the hospitals is secured by an Army Transport Unit.
