New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF. 208 Light Anti Aircraft Battery
Men of 208 Light Anti Aircraft Battery on Nissan Island
Date: February 1944
From: 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
Reference: WH-0536-F
Description: Soldiers of the 208 Light Anti Aircraft Battery grouped around their gun on Nissan Island. Photographed by an unknown photographer in February 1944. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - NZEF IP. Activities of New Zealand troops on Nissan Island. B 2119. Light Ack Ack personnel photographed at Nissan. This gun and guncrew, while stationed at Treasury, were credited with a Jap plane. Official war photograph. This gun and guncrew were credited with the only Japanese plane shot down on Mono Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.3 x 10 cm Transfers: A photographic print with digitised access copy is held at Library reference PAColl-5547-031..