Historical information

Photographs collected by Alva Marie Bennetts during a stopover in PNG on Alva Bennetts journey to Japan as part of BCOF.
Part of the Bennetts Collection.
See Catalogue No. 9726P for details of "Alva Marie Bennetts" No.VFX128835, service.

Physical description

1. Black and white photograph of a sign. Sign has text in black. Rust damage on sign. Edge of photograph trimmed with pinking sheers.
2. Black and white photograph of a man wearing an army shirt. Edge trimmed with pinking shears.
3. Black and white photograph of a ship at dock. Small boat anchored in foreground. Road passing diagonally across the bottom LH corner. Edge trimmed with pinking shears.
4. Black and white photograph of a swimming hole in a creek. Small waterfall on RH side. Edges trimmed with pinking shears.
5. Black and white photograph of five boys. Edges trimmed with pinking shears.

Inscriptions & markings

1. Handwritten in black ink on back; "Army" sign-board on the Satelburg Road.
2. Handwritten in black ink on back: "Keith (Finchhafen N.G.)".
3. Handwritten in black ink on back: "HMAS Kanimbla anchored at Finchhafen, New Guinea".
4. "Swimming Pool Buta Wang CRK, FINSCHHAFEN".
5. Handwritten in black ink on back: "Four native boys".