RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-15. THE INTERIOR OF THE MESS HUT AT 5 GROUP CAMP. THE CAMP IS ONE OF ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number 099892
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-15. THE INTERIOR OF THE MESS HUT AT 5 GROUP CAMP. THE CAMP IS ONE OF THIRTEEN GROUP CAMPS ESTABLISHED AROUND RABAUL FOR THE CONCENTRATION OF JAPANESE PERSONNEL. ALTHOUGH JAPANESE OFFICERS ADMINISTER THE CAMP, THEY IN TURN ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF A PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN CAMP STAFF.