Territory Stories

Wharf labourers refused to load ships

Details:

Title

Wharf labourers refused to load ships,

Photo number

PH0547/0001,

Collection

William Bennetts Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1942-02-12,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Wharf labourers refused to load ships for Timor convoy 12 February 1942. Strike broken by machine gun wielding U.S. Commander. Frustrated members of K Section signals waiting to boards USS Meigs. L-R: George Eastlick, C. (Hank) Dawkins, Sgt. W. Finlayson. Caption reads: Boy are (we) fighting mad".,

Language

English,

Subject

soldiers, uniforms, men, signals & signalling, World War, 1939-1945, Northern Territory, Darwin, Australian Army,

Digital format

1200ppi ; 104.5Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 13 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/10070/7994,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/7994

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/728379,