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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. HERE THEY ARE READING THE SPECIAL EDITION OF "GUINEA GOLD" WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL W. SHEPPARD (1); PRIVATE M.I. MCGEE (2); CPL A. SKINNER (3); CPL V. GRAHAM (4).
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. 1945-11-23. AWAS PERSONNEL USING SEWING MACHINES AT THE DRESSMAKING CLASS HELD AT LAEWAS COLLEGE, AWAS BARRACKS, LAE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: CORPORAL M.I. MCGEE (1); PRIVATE O. FIN
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 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. AWAS PERSONNEL DISEMBARKING FROM THE MV DUNTROON, ABOUT TO LEAVE A LANDING BARGE AT MILFORD HAVEN. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA EN ROUTE TO THE AWAS
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL UNPACKING REGIMENTAL AID POST STORES IN THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THE AWAS ARE MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF 3
