New Zealand-born George Silk (1916–2004) was the second photographer commissioned during World War II. He arrived in the Middle East in May 1940 and produced powerful images in Greece, Syria, Lebanon and Tobruk, before photographing the war campaign in the Pacific. The stamp photograph shows Silk in the Middle East in 1940. The cover photograph by Silk shows a wounded Australian soldier, George Whittington, being helped by Papuan Raphael Oimbari in Buna, Papua 1942. Whittington died of typhus in 1943 at the age of only 23. The miniature medal is a replica of the Pacific Star, awarded to British and Commonwealth forces that served in the Pacific Campaign 1941–1945.

This cover is a limited edition of 250 and includes a foiled postmark and numbering. Stamps on cover are from the Picturing War stamp issue released 16 April 2024 and the Kokoda Joint Issue with PNG issued 10 April 2010.