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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS LAURABADA, FORMERLY THE YACHT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PAPUA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT I. CHAMPION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, ARRIVING AT THE PORT CARRYING 156 EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN. THEY COMPRISE SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE RABAUL GARRISON AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE PICKED UP BY THE LAURABADA, AT PALMALMAL, A PRE- ARRANGED RENDEZVOUS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW BRITAIN.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE RABAUL GARRISON AND CIVILIANS FROM NEW BRITAIN CROWD THE RAILS OF THE HMAS "LAURABADA" AS THE SHIP DRAWS INTO THE WHARF. THE EVACUEES, WH
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE RABAUL GARRISON AND CIVILIANS FROM NEW BRITAIN CROWD THE RAILS OF THE HMAS "LAURABADA" AS THE SHIP DRAWS INTO THE WHARF. THE EVACUEES, WH
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE RABAUL GARRISON AND CIVILIANS FROM NEW BRITAIN CROWD THE RAILS OF THE HMAS "LAURABADA" AS THE SHIP DRAWS INTO THE WHARF. THE EVACUEES, WH
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS "LAURABADA" WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS WHO HAS TAKEN TO THE JUNGLE OF NEW BRITAIN AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE HOPELESSLY OUTNUMBERED RABAUL GARRISO
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. HMAS "LAURABADA" WITH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS WHO HAD TAKEN TO THE JUNGLE OF NEW BRITAIN AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE HOPELESSLY OUTNUMBERED RABAUL GARRISO
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-04-12. ONE OF THE EVACUEES FROM NEW BRITAIN LEAVING THE HMAS "LAURABADA". HE AND OTHER EVACUEES TOOK TO THE JUNGLE FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL JAPANESE LANDING AT RABAUL ON
