Group photograph captioned: "N1180a. Jacquinert Bay area. New Britain. Australian engineers demonstrating their flare for improvisation as diving helments are made from gas masks. Two natives, Dargome and Amonga, work the pumps for Sappers Neville Wiggins of Riverstone NSW and Ray Skidmore of Sydney, who are working on a new slipway for barge repairs. Australian official photo. 1/3/45."

See also: Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) Saturday 7 April 1945 p 1 Article Illustrated.

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Previously Accession 1958