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1944. THE CREW OF AB422 FRANCES PEAT HAVING BREAKFAST AT A TABLE AT THE BREAK OF THE FORECASTLE UNDER THE BOW AWNING AS THE SHIP HEADS NORTH TOWARDS BRISBANE IN BAD WEATHER. LEFT TO RIGHT: SAPPERS JIM EDGE (BOSUN), REX (L?) HEARN (DECKHAND), LEN CARTER (HELMSMAN), PADDY ? (DECKHAND). THE FRANCES PEAT WAS A FORMER HAWKESBURY RIVER (NSW) VEHICULAR FERRY REFITTED AS AN ARMOURED FREIGHTER FOR SERVICE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY SMALL SHIPS SECTION IN NEW GUINEA WATERS. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND DONOR C. ROUGHLEY)
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944. THE CREW OF AB422 FRANCES PEAT ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP ENJOYING A CUP OF TEA. THE FRANCES PEAT WAS A FORMER HAWKESBURY RIVER (NSW) VEHICULAR FERRY REFITTED AS AN ARMOURED FREIGH
BOGIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08. STERN OF AB422 FRANCES PEAT WITH THE RAMP DOWN, AT THE LANDING AT BOGIA. COMING ON BOARD ARE A COMPANY OF THE NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION AND THEIR CARRIERS. THE FRANCES
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. CRAFTSMAN J. HARDMAN, A WELDER OF THE 1ST WATERCRAFT WORKSHOPS, WELDING A BAD CRACK IN ONE OF THE CYLINDER HEADS OF THE ENGINE OF THE "FRANCES PEAT". THE "FRANCES PEAT" I
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944. AB422 FRANCES PEAT ANCHORED TO ONE ANCHOR; THE STARBOARD ANCHOR AND CHAIN HAD BEEN LOST. THE FRANCES PEAT WAS A FORMER HAWKESBURY RIVER (NSW) VEHICULAR FERRY REFITTED AS AN ARMO
LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-03. THE "FRANCES PEAT" A COMPARATIVELY SMALL VESSEL WHICH WAS IN USE FOR SOME YEARS BEFORE THE WAR AS A VEHICULAR FERRY ON THE HAWKESBURY RIVER.
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-07. THE FRANCES PEAT AN EX HAWKESBURY RIVER, NEW SOUTH WALES VEHICULAR FERRY TAKING ON DRUMS OF PETROL AND OIL FROM THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP CAPE ALEXANDER.
