LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL UNPACKING REGIMENTAL AID ...

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Accession Number 091501
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 PERSONNEL UNPACKING REGIMENTAL AID POST STORES IN THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THE AWAS ARE MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO TRAVELLED ON THE MV DUNTROON FROM AUSTRALIA TO LAE TO TAKE UP VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LANCE CORPORAL F. MCDERMOTT (1); PRIVATE M. NOBLE (2); SIGNALWOMAN T. HECTOR (3).