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| Accession Number | 096862 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
| Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
| Date made | 14 September 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Ramale Valley, New Britain. Group portrait of Australian Roman Catholic sisters at the internment ...
Description
Ramale Valley, New Britain. Group portrait of Australian Roman Catholic sisters at the internment camp where they have lived since the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. They are in good health and spirits. There were more than seventy women in this camp including Dutch, German, Australian, Irish, Polish, Czechoslovakian and women of mixed backgrounds. Contact with the camp was made by Allied troops and representatives of the Australian Red Cross following the surrender of the Japanese. Identified in the foreground, left to right: Sister (Sr) Borgia; Sr Adela; Sr Flavia; Sr Editha; Sr Michael; Sr Philomen.
Related information
Conflicts
Places
- Europe: Czechoslovakia
- Europe: Netherlands
- Europe: Poland
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Ramale Mission