PIVA AIRFIELD, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Accession Number OG2098
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PIVA AIRFIELD, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-01-16. GROUP PORTRAIT OF FOUR KIWIS AND AUSSIES AFTER A COMBINED STRIKE AGAINST JAPANESE POSITIONS ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. STILL IN FULL FLYING GEAR LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) R. W. WEIR, NZ; FLT SGT N. L. KIDDLE, NZ; 435623 PILOT OFFICER M. J. OXLEY, FROM TARNAGULLA, VIC; 432985 FLYING OFFICER K. BEGG, FROM BANKSTOWN, NSW.