016972
Photograph 016972 Second World War, 1939-1945New Guinea. The picture of health, Private (Pte) Helen Parker of Killara, NSW and Pte Dawn Whitter of Moonee Ponds, Vic, jump over the net after a game of tennis.
016966 Accession Number: 016966
Description
New Guinea. Australian Medical Women's Auxiliary Service girls take it in turn to wait on tables at messtime. In the kitchen of a hospital are, left to right, Private (Pte) Dawn Whitter of Moonee Ponds, Vic, dishing up the vegetables, Pte Len Jarvis of Toorak, Vic, cook, carving the meat, Pte Helen Parker of Killara, NSW, and Pte Nan Lyon of Beecroft, NSW, ladling the soup into bowls. Before the war Pte Parker was a socialite, and Pte Whitter an accountant's clerk.
Details
Accession Number
016966
Photographer
Gordon Herbert Short
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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