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| Accession Number | 069370 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS LAURABADA, FORMERLY THE YACHT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF ...
Description
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS LAURABADA, FORMERLY THE YACHT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PAPUA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT I. CHAMPION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, ARRIVING AT THE PORT CARRYING 156 EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN. THEY COMPRISE SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE RABAUL GARRISON AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE PICKED UP BY THE LAURABADA, AT PALMALMAL, A PRE- ARRANGED RENDEZVOUS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN.
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Conflicts
Units
Places
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Jacquinot Bay Area, Palmalmal