LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ASSEMBLED AT THEIR NEW ...

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Accession Number 091506
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 ASSEMBLED AT THEIR NEW BARRACKS ON BUTIBUM ROAD TO HEAR THEIR HUT NUMBERS READ OUT BY CAPTAIN M.W. HORNSBY. A GROUP OF 342 AWAS TRAVELLED ON THE MV DUNTROON FROM AUSTRALIA TO LAE TO TAKE UP VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS.