The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS WHO ARRIVED IN LAE FROM AUSTRALIA ON THE MV DUNTROON, NOW DISEMBARKED BY LANDING BARGES, WAIT FOR THE TRUCKS TO TRANSPORT THEM TO THE AWAS BARRACKS AT BUTIBUM ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT R. FOENANDER (1); TROOPER A.R. HAY (2); PRIVATE L.E. WHITE (3); SGT N.C. DOD (4); SGT J.E. POLLARD (5); CORPORAL F. SIMMONS (6); CPL T.L. NORTHFIELD (7).
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ASSISTING EACH OTHER WITH GAITERS BEFORE DISEMBARKATION FROM THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. AWAS PERSONNEL SETTLING AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD, MAKING BEDSIDE MATS BY SPLITTING HESSIAN BAGS IN TWO AND BINDING THE EDGES. THE GIRLS ARE M
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL ON THE BEACH AT MILFORD HAVEN WAITING FOR TRANSPORT TO TAKE THEM TO THE AWAS BARRACKS ON BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO CAME FROM AU
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL SITTING ON THEIR GEAR WAITING TO DISEMBARK FROM THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA EN ROUTE TO AWAS BARRACKS AT BUTIBUM RO
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT. C.M.F. ALDRED (1) OF BINGARA, NSW, GREETING PRIVATE M. ARMSTRONG (2) ALSO OF BINGARA, ON THE BEACH AT MILFORD HAVEN. PTE ARMSTRONG, JUST DISEMBARKED FROM MV DU
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. THE MV DUNTROON ANCHORED OFF MILFORD HAVEN. THE VESSEL CARRIED 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA TO LAE EN ROUTE TO THE AWAS BARRACKS AT BUTIBUM ROAD.
