Territory Stories

Going for a drive

Details:

Title

Going for a drive,

Photo number

PH0835/0005,

Collection

Alva Storrie Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1943,

Location

Marrakai,

Description

3 soldiers, left is Maj. George Russell Leonard, Captain Chapman from 2/8 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron and the Colonel's driver. Alva Storrie behind the wheel and another nurse from the 107 AGH standing beside the Colonel's army vehicle on the Marrakai Plains heading out for a picnic.,

Notes

Date:1943, The car belonged to the Colonel. He had a driver and came out to our swimming lagoon once only. The lagoon had a large rock in the centre, high banks on the otherside from where we set up the picnic lunch. From that area we could walk down to the right, a small creek trickled into the lagoon, this is where the tiny baby crocodiles were born. We didn't know that crocs were in the lagoon until I found these babies. These small crocs known as Johnson River crocodiles lived in the river behind our quarters. Alva's story.,

Language

English,

Subject

nurses, soldiers, Australia. Army. Australian Army Nursing Service, World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory,

Digital format

1200ppi ; 31.03Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 6 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=510138&c=WW2 [DVA World War 2 Nominal Roll: Leonard, George Russell], https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=513815&c=WW2 [DVA World War 2 Nominal Roll: Storrie, Alva Kelway],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/153064,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/718254