LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AWAITING THE CALL TO DISEMBARK FROM ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 091439
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AWAITING THE CALL TO DISEMBARK FROM THE MV DUNTROON, CHEERING AFTER HEARING THAT MR CHURCHILL, HAD IMPORTANT NEWS. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE FROM AUSTRALIA WHO ARE EN ROUTE TO THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS AT BATIBUM ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SIGNALWOMAN L. CALLEN (1); SIGNALWOMAN I. JARVIS (2); SIGNALWOMAN J.D. HUNT (3); SIGNALWOMAN V.M. JOHNSON (4).