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| Accession Number | 096890 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white, Landscape |
| Physical description | Black & white, Landscape |
| Date made | 16 September 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Vunapope, New Britain. A group of sisters looking through the canopy of the Army barge which is ...
Description
Vunapope, New Britain. A group of sisters looking through the canopy of the Army barge which is taking them out to the motor launch Gloria. They are being evacuated from the Mission in Ramale Valley to Rabaul. Contact with the internees was made by Allied troops and representatives of the Australian red Cross following the surrender of the Japanese. Identified are: Sister (Sr) Berenice Twohill (Australian), extreme left; Sr Philomen (Australian), left foreground; Sr Fidelma (Irish), partially obscured behind Sr Philomen.
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Conflicts
Places
- 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
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Vunapope