The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. At a dance given in honour of the Vice-Regal party, Sister Ruth McCarthy of Brisbane, Qld, discusses with Lady Wakehurst (centre) and Matron D. Vines of Geelong, Vic, the problems of nursing in the tropics. They are eating guavas, a tropical fruit, for which Lady Wakehurst showed a keen liking.
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lady Wakehurst, Lieutenant Colonel N. D. Carlyon, Aide-de-Ca
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Left to right: Matron D. Vines of Geelong, Vic, Wing Command
Jacquinot Airstrip, New Britain. 29 March 1945. His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Wakehurst (right) and Lady Blamey (centre) paid an official visit to
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Sister Marie Hastie of Mt Lawley, WA, and Assistant Superint
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lady Blamey (left) and Lady Wakehurst step from the aircraft
Aitape, New Guinea. Lord and Lady Wakehurst accompanied by Lady Blamey, paid an official visit to troops in the operational area of Aitape. Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales, inspects a guar
