096809K Accession Number: 096809K

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Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. To purchase photograph please order 096809. Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of happy nuns at the farewell scene as twenty of a group of 158 white former internees leave Ramale Mission for evacuation to Rabaul to receive medical treatment at 4 Field Ambulance. The internees were liberated when troops of HQ 11 Division occupied the area following the surrender of the Japanese. Identified are: Bishop Leo Scharmach (Polish) (1); Sister (Sr) Rosalia Boonman, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) (Dutch) (2); Sr Immaculata Mazengarb, OLSH, (Australian) (3); Sr Bernardine Smiggles OLSH, (Dutch) (4); Sr Gabrilla Van Beek OLSH, (Dutch) (5); Sr Andrea FMM, (French) (6); Sr Hermengildas MSC, (German) (7); Sr Aenesiana Van Dingenin OLSH, (Dutch) (8); Father Bernard Ranke MSC, (German) (9); Sr Lutgarde MSC, (?German) (10); Sr Clematia, MSC (?German) (11); Sr Berenice Twohill OLSH (12).

Details

Accession Number
096809K
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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