HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA, C. 1944. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Humboldt Bay, Hollandia
Accession Number P01090.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA, C. 1944. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF 2/2ND INDEPENDENT COMPANY, COASTWATCHERS, ON THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE DACE. THE COASTWATCHING PARTY WERE ABOUT TO LAND AT HOLLANDIA, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: PRIVATE (PTE) PHIL JEUNE, LIEUTENANT (LT) RAY WEBBER, CAPTAIN G.C. (BLUE) HARRIS, PTE JACK BUNNING, GREGORY SHORTIS, SERGEANT (SGT) LAUNCELOT (NEI INTERPRETER), SGT RON (PERCY) CREAM (DEVELOPED MALARIA AND STAYED ON BOARD); FRONT ROW: PRIVATE MARIBA, SGT YALI, ABLE SEAMAN JULIUS MCNICOL,DSM, SGT BUKA, SGT MAS. (DONOR J. SHORTIS) (ANOTHER COPY, FROM THE NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION, FORMERLY AT Y014/02/02)