Padre Holland by an improvised altar on the beach at Nofilia, Tripolitania, Libya, during a Christmas Day service for World War 2 New Zealand troops - Photograph taken by C A Churchill

Padre Holland by an improvised altar on the beach at Nofilia, Tripolitania, Libya, during a Christmas Day service for World War 2 New Zealand troops - Photograph taken by C A Churchill
Date
25 Dec 1942
By
Churchill, C A, active 1942
Reference
DA-09740
Description

Padre J T Holland standing by an improvised altar on the beach at Nofilia, Tripolitania, Libya, during a Christmas Day service for World War 2 New Zealand Army Service Corp personnel. Shows the altar, draped with the British Union Flag (Union Jack), in the back of a military jeep. Photograph taken by C A Churchill on the 25th of December 1942.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.1 x 11.1 cm, on card 12.6 x 20.5 cm

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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 official negatives - DA Series
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 8.1 x 11.1 cm, on card 12.6 x 20.5 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Churchill, C A, active 1942. Padre Holland by an improvised altar on the beach at Nofilia, Tripolitania, Libya, during a Christmas Day service for World War 2 New Zealand troops - Photograph taken by C A Churchill. 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. Ref: DA-09740. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22445874

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