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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 MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO TRAVELLED ON THE MV DUNTROON FROM AUSTRALIA TO LAE TO TAKE UP VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- GUNNER E.M. LEE (1); CORPORAL N.J. HARRISON (2); CPL I.M. HARVEY (3); CPL T.L. NORTHFIELD (4).
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL, SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD, MAKING BEDSIDE MATS BY SPLITTING HESSIAN BAGS IN TWO AND BIN
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. PRIVATE R. BENSLEY (1) AND PRIVATE G.P. BIRRELL (2), PAINTING BEDSIDE STOOLS AFTER SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF
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. I
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL M.J. SPENCER, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (1), TALKING TO AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL AS THEY FORM UP OUTSIDE
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. PRIVATE G. HOOPER, RESTING ON A STRETCHER AFTER SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. SHE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF 342
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. PRIVATE N.J. TEAGUE, CARRYING PLATES BACK TO THE KITCHEN FOR THE FIRST WASHING UP IN THEIR NEW QUARTERS AT THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS, BUTIBUM ROAD. SHE
