PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-10. PERSONNEL OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY ...

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Accession Number 093967
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-10. PERSONNEL OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE, ATTACHED 5 BASE SUB-AREA, HANDLING SOME OF THE BROKEN BOTTLES AND CARTONS IN THE BULK STORE. THEY ARRIVED IN THIS STATE BY LIBERTY SHIP AND IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 100,000 LOOSE BOTTLES WERE STACKED IN BAYS REINFORCED ON THREE SIDES BY CASED BEER.