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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. TROOPS AWAITING THE SCREENING OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY. PETROL DRUMS AND BOXES FORMED MANY OF THE IMPROVISED CHAIRS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- STAFF SERGEANT H.F. MCDONALD, FIRST ARMY POSTAL UNIT (1); SAPPER D.G. WHEATLEY, 3 WATER TRANSPORT GROUP, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (2); CRAFTSMAN R.A. ASHCROFT, 2/7 ADVANCED WORKSHOP (3); SERGEANT J. HOWLIE, FIRST ARMY POSTAL UNIT (4).
A short film depicting the screening of the a newsreel film of the 1944 Melbourne Cup at an Australian military base at Lae. The screening was made possible under joint arrangement between the RAAF a
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. TROOPS EAGERLY AWAITING THE SCREENING OF THE MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED FIRST ARMY HQ.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. A TYPICAL GROUP OF TROOPS ARRIVING TO WATCH THE SCREENING OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY.
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, RE WINDS THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP FILM TO THE PROJECTOR REEL BEFORE SCREENING.
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY DISPLAYS A BOARD ANNOUNCING THE SCREENING OF THE MELBOURNE CUP. THE FILM WAS RUSHED TO F
LAE BASE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-04. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/77TH LIGHT AID DETACHMENT REPAIRING A JEEP AT THE UNIT WORKSHOP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX25340 SERGEANT L.C. POOLE (1); NX123642 CRAFTSMA
KAIRI, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1944-12-19. SERGEANT E W FRASER, 96 MOBILE CINEMA UNIT, ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE, (1), SCREENING THE PRE RELEASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN FILM "THE RATS OF TOBRUK". 1 CORPS, FIR
