MEN OF THE U.S.S. NORTHAMPTON AND U.S.S. SALT LAKE CITY WERE WELCOMED AS FRIENDS BY ALL SECTIONS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
Accession Number 008871
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made c July 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MEN OF THE U.S.S. NORTHAMPTON AND U.S.S. SALT LAKE CITY WERE WELCOMED AS FRIENDS BY ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEIR SHIPS VISITED BRISBANE: AMERICAN SAILORS AND MEN OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY QUICKLY MADE FRIENDS, COMPARED NOTES ON LIFE IN THE U.S. NAVY AND AUSTRALIAN MILITARY CAMPS. IN THIS GROUP (FROM LEFT); W. H. SHEEBAN, N. A. EVANICH, J. O. COOK, AND CORPORAL G. E. BURNS.