MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. SWIFTS AUSTRALIAN CORNED BEEF ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG2332
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-03. SWIFTS AUSTRALIAN CORNED BEEF (BULLY BEEF) AND SPAM, WE PRESUME. MOST OF THE FOOD FOR AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN AT THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE BASE COMES OUT OF TINS. TWO SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COOKS, CORPORAL R. C. COX, GLENELG, SA, AND LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. HALL, ADELAIDE, SA, LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WILL BE BUSY WITH THE TIN OPENER SOON.