RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. SISTER M.M. WILSON (1) AND SISTER F.E. HENRY (2), STANDING ...

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Accession Number 096902
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. SISTER M.M. WILSON (1) AND SISTER F.E. HENRY (2), STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR TENT INSIDE A SPECIAL AREA AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE. THE NURSING SISTERS WERE FLOWN TO RABAUL ON 16 SEPTEMBER TO CARE FOR NUNS WHO WERE RELEASED FROM INTERNMENT AT RAMALE MISSION AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.