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WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-02. LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-09. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY MARCH PAST THE GARRISON CHAPEL TO ATTEND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT THE YMCA HUT TO MARK THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE M.B. MOLONEY (1); CORPORAL D.M. O'CONNELL (2); WARRANT OFFICER 2 T.M. LAIRD (3); PRIVATE G.A. SMITH (4); PRIVATE E.M. LEE (5); CORPORAL M.M. GILLETT (6); CORPORAL E.D. ALLBEURY (7); PRIVATE M.A. O'BRIEN (8); PRIVATE L.E. WHITE (9).
WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-09. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY FILING INTO THE GARRISON CHAPEL FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS THANKSGIVING
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-17. MEMBERS OF 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION ENTERING ST MARY'S CHAPEL, ROMAN CATHOLIC, TO ATTEND A THANKSGIVING SERVICE FOR VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC.
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-09. THE CONGREGATION LEAVING THE CHAPEL AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT AT THE CONCLUSION OF A THANKSGIVING SERVICE HELD TO MARK THE END OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE. THE SERVICE WAS CO
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) MEMBERS FILING UP THE SHIP'S GANGWAY FOR DISEMBARKATION INTO LANDING BARGES. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA IN
LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-09. AN INFORMAL GATHERING OF STAFF AND PATIENTS OUTSIDE THE CHAPEL AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT AT THE CONCLUSION OF A THANKSGIVING SERVICE CONDUCTED BY CHAPLAIN E.M. WATTS TO MA
WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-13. TROOPS OF 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION MARCHING ALONG THE BEACH NEAR WEWAK ON THEIR WAY TO RELIEVE THE 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT G.A.
