LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL ON THE BEACH AT MILFORD HAVEN WAITING FOR TRANSPORT ...

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Accession Number 091460
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL ON THE BEACH AT MILFORD HAVEN WAITING FOR TRANSPORT TO TAKE THEM TO THE AWAS BARRACKS ON BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO CAME FROM AUSTRALIA TO LAE BY THE MV DUNTROON. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE B.J. CHALKLEY (1); PTE D. BANNISTER (2); SERGEANT M.C. DOD (3); PTE V.M. MULLAVEY (4); SGT J.M. THOMPSON (5); SGT R. HART (6); CORPORAL F. SIMMONS (7); MRS M. NICHOLLS YMCA REPRESENTATIVE (8); SGT S.M. DONOVAN (9).