Gracie Field visits Bougainville and thanksgiving service she attended at Gloucester Oval, Torokina

Accession Number F07286
Collection type Film
Measurement 48 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Wood, Frederick Sydney
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Date made 15 August 1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Gracie Field and her husband Monty Banks arrived at Torokina in a RAAF Lodestar plane to begin a tour of the battlefields. She attended the Thanksgiving Service held for victory over Japan and sang "The Lord's Prayer". VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley Geprge Savige CB CBE DSO MC ED, General Officer Commanding 2 Australian Corps, arrives for the Thanksgiving Service, walks to Brigadier J. Field DSO ED, Commander 7th Australian Infantry Brigade.

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