Apayao, Philippines
Friday, August 1
Luzon 1978 - Ilongots mother and child
1978 - Tribe Ilongots - Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon., Philippines
Mother carries her child on her back in a traditional way
Original Title: Ilongots_pwayser78-21
Thanks to: pierre wayser
Nueva Vizcata 1978 - Ilongot boy in traditional clothes
1978 - Tribe Ilongot - Province Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon., Philippines
Original Title: Ilongots_pwayser78-22
Thanks to: pierre wayser
Manila , Philippines 1945
Filipinos crossing pontoon bridge
"Street scenes after the Liberation of Manila by allied forces."
below:
Second World War, 1939-1945
(Photographer: William H. Robinson)
"Jeeps move into the city across a pontoon bridge while local inhabitants depart in the opposite direction."
"Street scenes after the Liberation of Manila by allied forces."
below:
Second World War, 1939-1945
(Photographer: William H. Robinson)
Tarakan Island 8 July 1945.
"Australian and Philippino sick and wounded personnel of the deck on landing ship, tank (LST) 132 for movement out to 2/2 hospital ship SS Wanganella."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 110731
Tawi-Tawi 15 June 1945 trading pearls
"An officer of the Royal Australian Navy cruiser Hobart bargaining
shipside with native traders for pearls."
shipside with native traders for pearls."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 113061
Maker: Lee, John
Philippines - Cockfighting 30 November 1944
"Members of an RAAF signals communication unit are interested spectators in the pit of a cock fighting ring."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017845
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017845
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Picking up survivors
"Filipinos assist American motor torpedo boats (PT boats) in picking up survivors after Japanese warships were destroyed by forces of the US seventh fleet in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Note the 22.4 inch Mark 13 torpedoes on the torpedo boat. Also visible are twin .50 Browning machine guns and a 40 mm Bofors AA gun. A depth charge rests on the stern." (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Second World War, 1939-1945
Leyte, Philippines - Girl grooming hair
28 December 1944
"On the stairs of their home in Tacloban, one little Filipino girl passes the time by checking the hair of her companion. Filipino girls and women are very proud of their tresses."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017933
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
"On the stairs of their home in Tacloban, one little Filipino girl passes the time by checking the hair of her companion. Filipino girls and women are very proud of their tresses."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017933
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Leyte, Philippines 1944 - queue for fresh baked bread
28 December 1944
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017932
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
"So great is the demand for fresh bread by the Filipinos that some of the more nimble ones climb the lattice-work front of a Chinese bakery in an effort to secure their quota before supplies become depleted."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017932
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Leyte, Philippines - boarding a boat
25 December 1944
"Australian war correspondents exchange festive greetings with Filipinos in native canoe (prau) from the deck of an American Army tug off Leyte Island where they were entertained at Christmas dinner."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017989
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
"Australian war correspondents exchange festive greetings with Filipinos in native canoe (prau) from the deck of an American Army tug off Leyte Island where they were entertained at Christmas dinner."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017989
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Leyte, Philippines - Australian soldiers watch how laundry's done Filipino style
8 December 1944
"RAAF personnel serving in the Philippines campaign and their American comrades take an interest in the Filipino method of washing clothes in the river. The Filipinos are anxious to do this work for the troops as they are well paid for their labours."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017887
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
"RAAF personnel serving in the Philippines campaign and their American comrades take an interest in the Filipino method of washing clothes in the river. The Filipinos are anxious to do this work for the troops as they are well paid for their labours."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: 017887
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Leyte, Philippines 1944 - boy sits on soldier's lap
2 December 1944
"Leading aircraftman D. McQueen of Bunjil, WA, a member of no. 3 airfield construction squadron RAAF, with eleven year old Vincente Asuero, a smiling olive-skinned english speaking Philippino lad sitting on his lap."
Second World War, 1939-1945
Maker: Harrison, John T
"Leading aircraftman D. McQueen of Bunjil, WA, a member of no. 3 airfield construction squadron RAAF, with eleven year old Vincente Asuero, a smiling olive-skinned english speaking Philippino lad sitting on his lap."
Second World War, 1939-1945
Maker: Harrison, John T
Leyte, Philippines 1944 - pounding rice
2 December 1944
Second World War, 1939-1945
Maker: Harrison, John T
"A member of no. 3 airfield construction squadron RAAF assist a native girl grinding or pounding rice. Royal Australian Air Force"
Second World War, 1939-1945
Maker: Harrison, John T
Leyte, Philippines 1944 - soldier watches how the laundry is done
2 December
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: OG1841
Maker: Harrison, John T
"With the rapids of a fast flowing river in the background, Sergeant T. F. Brown of Arncliffe, NSW, a member of no. 3 airfield construction squadron RAAF, watches a Philippino woman washing clothes."
Second World War, 1939-1945
ID Number: OG1841
Maker: Harrison, John T
Leyte, Philippines 1944 - Evacuation
1 November
"Nearly 2,000 Filipino evacuees came into the American lines following the invasion of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Some had not eaten for two or three days and were in a bad condition. They said that the Japanese had taken their food and in some instances their clothing. Ample supplies of food were made available to the evacuees as soon as they reached American lines."
" An old man too weak to walk is carried to the American lines by a younger comrade."
"The evacuees were promptly supplied with food which was more than ample for their immediate requirements."
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
"Nearly 2,000 Filipino evacuees came into the American lines following the invasion of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Some had not eaten for two or three days and were in a bad condition. They said that the Japanese had taken their food and in some instances their clothing. Ample supplies of food were made available to the evacuees as soon as they reached American lines."
" An old man too weak to walk is carried to the American lines by a younger comrade."
"The evacuees were promptly supplied with food which was more than ample for their immediate requirements."
"The evacuees after receiving food express their appreciation to be living again under the United States Stars and Stripes flag."
"One of the Filipino women accepts a tin of lime juice while her child crunches an Army biscuit."
"One of the evacuee children enjoys a drink handed to him by an American soldier."
Second World War, 1939-1945Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
Leyte, Philippines October 1944
October 20
"Elevated view of members of the US Navy Beach Party Units and US 6th Army troops on the foreshores unloading stores, moving vehicles and setting up tents under the watchful eye of groups of local Philippinos. Note the destruction caused to the beach and thatched huts in the background by the earlier naval bombardment." (Naval Historical Collection)
"Filipinos cross a stream by means of a fallen tree trunk and carry a white flag whilst coming from the direction of the Japanese lines."
ID Number: 017811
Maker: Bottomley, Clifford
October 22
"On the outskirts of the city. The assistance rendered by these guerillas was of inestimable assistance to the allied force invasion forces."
ID Number: 069285
Second World War, 1939-1945
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