IMAGE
World War, 1939-1945. South Pacific
- Date
- 1943-1945, 1955
- Reference
- PAColl-4161-01-106
- Description
Most photographs are captioned. Includes views of US marines following a trail on Guadalcanal with a local guide leading the way; US Admiral William F Halsey talking with US Vice Admiral Aubrey W Fitch during an inspection tour of Green Island (Nissan Island), Allied base in the Southwest Pacific recently seized from the Japanese. US Rear Admiral Robert B Carney (Chief of Staff to Admiral Halsey) is sitting in the back, 1944; locals planting rice watched by soldiers; Emperor Hirohito waving to children as he leaves Freyberg Block with NZ soldier in foreground (J Force); US navy task force entering lagoon of Green Island (Nissan Island), 1944; three unidentified soldiers; group pf unidentified soldiers eating at an outdoor mess; Norfolk Island; swimming sports at A.T.D. at the site of the 144 Ind Bty, 1943; sappers in the Kaimai Ranges, Mar 1955; face of a petrol pit; 8 NZ Infantry Brigade installing barbed wire defences at a beach.
Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War, 1939-1945. Photographs
- Format
- 12 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted), Photographs
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