096830 Accession Number: 096830

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Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of 300 white internees at Ramale Mission were liberated when troops of HQ 11 Division occupied the area following the surrender of the Japanese. Three unidentified nuns stand at the entrance to the tunnel which a priest and brothers dug. This tunnel housed thirty seven sisters during bombings. They slept in the tunnel every night for over eighteen months.

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Accession Number
096830
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
16 September 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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