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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. ALL RANKS SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD WERE ALLOTTED TO FATIGUE PARTIES. THIS PARTY RAKES RUBBISH FROM THE CAMP AREA. THE AWAS 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:- SIGNALWOMAN L.J. BAKER (1); LANCE CORPORAL P. LEACH (2); SIGNALWOMAN J. KESSELS (3).
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL CARRYING TRUNKS TO THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE
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
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. CORPORAL O. TAYLOR (1), A HAIRDRESSER IN CIVILIAN LIFE, TRIMS THE HAIR OF CORPORAL E.C. NELSON (2), SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN B
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. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL CARRYING TRUCKS TO THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. NF444296 LANCE CORPORAL Norma Lillian TAYLOR (1), DIGGING IN HER GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE SLEEPING QUARTERS SHORTLY AFTER HER ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS
