Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Group of No. 16 Squadron pilots eating paw paw at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Handwritten at top of the album page "At Espiritu Santo (2nd Tour)." [Actually the squadron's 6th tour of duty] Handwritten under the print "Eating Paw-paw. / Bryan Cox, Vic Bargh, Steve St., Al Lang, PS, Norm Reeve." BB Cox, CV Bargh, [could this be LP Stephenson?], ET Lang, PCC Sheppard, NJ Reeve.

No. 4 Repair Depot [?] hangars under construction at Espiritu Santo.

No. 4 Repair Depot [?] hangar under construction at Espiritu Santo.

No. 4 Repair Depot [?] hangars under construction at Espiritu Santo. Jeep MT1046 in the foreground.

Cleared Pacific island jungle area. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Unassembled pre-fabricated buildings stacked in a jungle clearing. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF personnel having a meal in the Mess. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

General view of an RNZAF camp. Presumed to be Espiritu Santo. Joins with PR1493 to form a panorama.

General view of an RNZAF camp. Presumed to be Espiritu Santo. Joins with PR1492 to form a panorama.

RNZAF camp scene with personnel relaxing in front of a Quonset (Nissen) hut. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Group of personnel in conversation at an RNZAF camp. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

General view of an RNZAF camp. Two cars on palm tree lined 'boulevard' with a Quonset (Nissen) hut in the background. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF workshops under construction in the jungle at Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF personnel having a meal in the Mess. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

General scene of an RNZAF camp. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Group of RNZAF personnel set off on a butterfly hunt. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

General view of No. 1 Islands Group Headquarters camp. Espiritu Santo.

Group of RNZAF personnel beside the Electrical Section workshop. Believed to be at Espiritu Santo.

Group of RNZAF Works Unit personnel mixing concrete for a building foundation. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF armourers at work preparing ammunition belts. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.

Ground crew hoisting an engine into an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF personnel outside the operations hut. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

RNZAF camp scene, with tents amongst the trees. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Group of RNZAF Radio Section personnel. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Ground crew hoisting an engine into an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.