Ramale Valley, New Britain. A choir composed of the internees at Ramale Valley Internment Camp ...

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Accession Number 096869
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Date made 14 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Ramale Valley, New Britain. A choir composed of the internees at Ramale Valley Internment Camp singing 'Minstrel Boy' for Major General K W Eather, General Officer Commanding 11 Division. Contact with the camp was made by Allied troops and representatives of the Australian Red Cross following the surrender of the Japanese. Conducting the group, Father Reischl (Austrian), is also a musician and composer.