Ernest Weatherhead Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1943,
Location
Nightcliff,
Description
8 officers from Squadron 54 at afternoon tea. Posed for the Australian Women's Weekly, for an article English Spitfire Boys in the Never Never, 31 July 1943 Caption from artcle: Four O'clock Ritual in the rustic built officers' mess of the English Sptifire pilots in the tropical bush of Australia's North West. And with tea they take those most English of papers, the Tatler and Sketch. Handwriting on back of photo: 1.Afternoon tea officers mess J Councer pouring tea, C.O., Cock, HInds, Cowan, Lonegan, Martin Hughes Note stuck on back: The Australian Women's Weekly 31 July 43 Four O'clock ritual J councer, Inteligenc off. pouring tea, F/O. Far leftSu/Ldr E Gibbs, C.O, John Cock , FL?Lieut ( Adelaide). W.T HInds, F/O. (see sole fo shoe), Cowan, J.D. Lonegan F/) ( known as Trinidad), R.N. Martin F/O, M.C. Huges F/O ( head and legs only),
Notes
Australian Consolidated Press - The Australian Women's Weekly,
Language
en,
Subject
Nightcliff Camp, Darwin 1943,
Royal Air Force RAF Fighter Squadron 54,