Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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Accession Number | P01434.005 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1914-08. INSCRIPTION ON VERSO: "GROUP OF NATIVES AT RADIO STATION, PORT ...
Description
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1914-08. INSCRIPTION ON VERSO: "GROUP OF NATIVES AT RADIO STATION, PORT MORESBY, AUG 1914, RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS". A LARGE CROWD OF NATIVES ARE GATHERED, A SERGEANT OF THE ARMED NATIVE CONSTABULARY FACING THEM, WITH FIVE EUROPEANS. NOTE THE BEARDED ELDERLY MAN (FAR LEFT) WITH HIS KIT.(ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM PR91/102)