FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-29. TWELVE SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area
Accession Number 070687
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-29. TWELVE SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, REPRESENTING NURSING UNITS IN THE AREA, FACING THE MEMORIAL DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FINSCHHAFEN WAR CEMETERY BY VX20308 MAJOR-GENERAL F.H. BERRYMAN, CBE, DSO, OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VFX8396 CAPTAIN J.M. LANGHAM, 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1); NFX70247 CAPTAIN R. FALLICK, 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (2); NFX70245 CAPTAIN N.G. LUKE, 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (3); QFX22814 LIEUTENANT M.C. SELWOOD, 106TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (4); NFX70992 LIEUTENANT M.E. RUSSELL, 111TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (5); VFX59385 CAPTAIN L.G. RAE, 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (6); VFX117177 LIEUTENANT M.C. CARMICHAEL, 106TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (7); VFX111205 LIEUTENANT A.J. SUTCLIFFE, 2/3RD CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (8).