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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL, SETTLING IN 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 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:- CORPORAL J. ANDREWS (1); CORPORAL M. FARR (2); PRIVATE J. SKEEN (3).
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. 1945-05-08. 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 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. 1945-05-07. PRIVATE G. HOOPER, RESTING ON A STRETCHER AFTER SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. SHE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF 342
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. 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 RUBBIS
