Territory Stories

Soldiers on West Point

Details:

Title

Soldiers on West Point,

Other title

Bill Nicholls,

Photographer

Nicholls, Bill,

Photo number

PH0005/0001,

Collection

Bill Nicholls Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1942,

Location

Cox Peninsula,

Description

Wagait Battery. Soldiers on West Point awaiting the arrival of a barge load of materials required to construct a waterline from the swamp behind Wagait Beach to West Point. Shows soldiers towing barge ashore. Note variety and lack of uniforms. 300 men from M. Battery were at West Point to protect the anti-submarine boom. HMAS Tolga in background.,

Language

English,

Subject

ships, barges, Australian Army, World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory, Cox Peninsula,

Digital format

1200ppi ; 57.3Mb, back 57.3Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

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

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/11250,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/731986

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/731987,