PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-20. PERSONNEL OF THE 6TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON OUTSIDE THE DOOR ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 072494
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-20. PERSONNEL OF THE 6TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THEIR UNIT BAKERY. THE BAKERY AT PRESENT PRODUCES 77,000 POUNDS OF BREAD PER WEEK. IT IS A REDUCTION FROM THE PREVIOUS PRODUCTION OF 316,000 POUNDS PER WEEK OWING TO TROOPS LEAVING THE AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX4279 LIEUTENANT R.J. MAILES, (ATTACHED FROM THE 13TH FIELD BAKING COMPANY) (1); VX132408 CORPORAL W.A. WILSON, (ATTACHED FROM THE 13TH FIELD BAKING COMPANY) (2); VX92666 PRIVATE P. KENNEDY, 6TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON (3), NX192447 PRIVATE R. KLIENDIENST, 6TH FIELD BAKING PLATOON (4); VX120215 PRIVATE M. ANDREWARTHA, (ATTACHED FROM THE 13TH FIELD BAKERY) (5); NX83632 SERGEANT A. BRACHER, (ATTACHED FROM THE 13TH FIELD BAKERY) (6).