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Fred Johnson's military service photographs
Date1940sDescriptionPhotographs taken by Fred Johnson, who worked on aerocraft engines during the Second World War, in both New Zealand and the Pacific where he served between 1945 and 1946.
Series comprises:
Photo 14-0427: 7000 cartons of DB lager on the Tainui ship for Tīmaru
Photo 14-0524: Air sea rescue launch
Photo 14-0526: Air sea rescue launch
Photo 14-0512: Air Speed Oxford
Photo 14-0511: Aircraft
Photo 14-0515: Aircraft
Photo 14-0516: Airforce marine section work boat
Photo 14-0519: Alson engine assemble line, Bledislow Hall
Photo 14-0544: American catalina
Photo 14-0542: American catalina pulled up out of water
Photo 14-0538: Australian Catalina - Coriolanus
Photo 14-0539: Australian Catalina - Coriolanus
Photo 14-0533: Bridge in Fiji
Photo 14-0438: Building at Lauthala Bay RNZAF camp Fiji
Photo 14-0540: Building in Fiji
Photo 14-0550: Building in Fiji
Photo 14-0431: Burning Mess hut Segond Seaplane Base Santos
Photo 14-0437: Burnt out Mess hut Segond Channel Seaplane base. RNZAF Santos
Photo 14-0531: C.S.R engines
Photo 14-0509: Catalina in water
Photo 14-0543: catalina on the tarmac
Photo 14-0530: Catalinas on the tarmac
Photo 14-0510: DC3, RNZAF
Photo 14-0563: Fiji. Naena quarry
Photo 14-0558: Fiji. Yasawa Airfield
Photo 14-0554: Fred on right at Luthala Bay camp
Photo 14-0560: G. E. S Heavy engine shop
Photo 14-0555: Group outside camp at Luthala Bay
Photo 14-0553: Guard at government house, Suva
Photo 14-0551: Inside dorm at Luthala Bay camp
Photo 14-0425: Jeep being loaded onto Mamaku boat in port
Photo 14-0522: Lighthouse at New Caledonia
Photo 14-0537: Local bus, Suva, Fiji
Photo 14-0459: Longdrop at Gordon Road, Mount Maunganui
Photo 14-0541: Looking across water at base facilities
Photo 14-0568: Lulthala Bay WMU Suva
Photo 14-0552: Luthala Bay camp
Photo 14-0556: Luthala Bay Camp Building Suva
Photo 14-0557: Luthala Bay Camp Building Suva
Photo 14-0562: Luthala Bay Camp. WMU Yard. Suva
Photo 14-0564: Luthala Bay RNZAF. WMU yard
Photo 14-0559: Luthala Bay Work Group
Photo 14-0566: Luthala Bay" WMII yard
Photo 14-0567: Luthala Bay. D4 & Compresso
Photo 14-0561: Luthala Bay. WMU Yard
Photo 14-0536: Main street Rakiraki
Photo 14-0547: Marina in Fiji
Photo 14-0466: Military trucks being ferried
Photo 14-0532: Monument in Fiji
Photo 14-0523: Nession village life
Photo 14-0433: Niverns Engineers workshop
Photo 14-0520: Noumea prison ruins
Photo 14-0521: Noumea prison ruins
Photo 14-0545: Nu Halua - looking at island from water
Photo 14-0534: Open cast gold mine
Photo 14-0546: People on jetty with boats
Photo 14-0458: Picture theatre, Lulthala Bay Camp, Suva
Photo 14-0432: RNZAF Crash Boat
Photo 14-0517: RNZAF marine section control boat
Photo 14-0528: Seaboat being worked on
Photo 14-0527: Seaboat heading out
Photo 14-0529: Seaboat in the water
Photo 14-0525: Seagon channel between two islands
Photo 14-0513: Seaplane being worked on, in water
Photo 14-0439: Segond channel Seaplane Base. Esperito Santos
Photo 14-0434: Segond Seaplane Base Santos
Photo 14-0436: Segond Seaplane Base Santos. Small boat Wharf
Photo 14-0430: Segond Seaplane Base. Santo
Photo 14-0429: Ships at port
Photo 14-0428: Ships in harbour
Photo 14-0549: Soldiers next to truck
Photo 14-0467: Tainui ship in port
Photo 14-0565: The General
Photo 14-0426: The Mamaku boat in port
Photo 14-0518: V12 500 HP Hall engine
Photo 14-0535: View of gold mine
Photo 14-0514: Walrus aircraft
Photo 14-0548: YMCA buildings, Luthala Bay camp
Photo 14-0435: YMCA Lauthala Bay Fiji
Physical Description79 imagesPhotographer/CreatorJohnson, Frederick Henry (Fred), 1925-2021
Series comprises:
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 14-0564
Asset Location
RoomOriginal not held
Usage
Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.AcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Fred Johnson's military service photographs
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Part of Photograph CollectionFred Johnson Photograph Collection
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Source of ContributionLibrary collection
Fred Johnson's military service photographs (1940s). Pae Korokī, accessed 11/11/2025, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/118503







