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Black & White Group Photograph of Heavy Artillery Officers & AWAS Personnel at Princess Royal Fortress Albany

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1943

Overview

Black & white photograph taken at Princess Royal Fortress, Albany of a large group of heavy artillery officers and 10 AWAS personnel seated in front row.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2009.9.5

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

228 mm

Height or length

165 mm

Weight

13 g

Inscriptions and markings

Handwritten on rear in black ink – “A.NEWMAN / (NOAK) / WHOLE CONTINGENT P.R.B / Princess Royal Barracks / C 1942”

Contextual Information

Portrait photograph of large group of heavy artillery officers and 10 AWAS personnel seated in front row. Photograph taken at Princess Royal Fortress, Albany.

AWAS personnel - WF94320 Alice May Archer; WF9435 Lilias Mary Prout; WF94142 Isobel Lydia (Belle) Chambers; WF94143 Lesley May Kench; WF94052 Mona Pearson; WF94071 Patricia Gordon Dodson; WF93143 Carmel Constance Kehoe; WF93139 Iris Mary Winthrop; WF90136 Agnes Mary Noack; WF94126 Irene Bowyer; WF94339 Joan Vivian Prout.

Keywords

Princess Royal Fortress

Second World War

Australian Womens Army Service

Place made

Albany
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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Australian War Memorial website

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Heavy Artillery Officers and AWAS Personnel in Front Row

Group photo of Heavy Artillery Officers & AWAS personnel seated in front row.

Rear of Photograph with Inscription

Rear of Photograph with Inscription

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