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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. AT 1400 HOURS PERSONNEL AT THE AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD WERE CALLED TOGETHER AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT GERMANY HAD UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES. DETAILS WERE GIVEN OF CHURCH SERVICES AND CELEBRATIONS TO BE HELD IN THE LAE AREA. A SPECIAL EDITION OF "GUINEA GOLD" WAS DISTRIBUTED.
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. AT 1400 HOURS PERSONNEL AT THE AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD WERE CALLED TOGETHER AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT GERMANY HAD UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES.
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.
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS DISEMBARKING FROM A LANDING BARGE ON THE BEACH AT MILFORD HAVEN. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA WHO ARE EN ROUTE TO THE AWAS BARRACKS AT BUTIBUM
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. CORPORAL MILLGATE, CLEANING HER BOOTS SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. SHE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO TRAVELLED ON THE MV DUNTROON FROM
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL M.J. SPENCER, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AWAS CLIMBING THE JACOB'S LADDER UP THE SIDE OF THE MV DUNTROON WHICH BOUGHT A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA. THE
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL M.J. SPENCER, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AWAS, WAVING FROM A LAUNCH WHILE ON THE WAY TO THE MV DUNTROON, BEFORE DISEMBARKATION OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA BEGA
