The Burns Philip building and warehouses on the waterfront in Papua New Guinea in 1944

Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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The Burns Philip building and warehouses on the waterfront. "View from one of the wharves showing the Burns-Philp building in the background and their copra warehouse, also the copra house of the B.N.G. Trading Co., Ltd. From a number of these piers along the waterfront, rubber from the island's plantations is also shipped to the Australian mainland." Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1944

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Items from the service of Mary Lynes, Women's Army Corps (WAC), who served in the Pacific.
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Port Moresby
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-9.500
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147.117
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Warehouses--New Guinea
Piers & wharves--New Guinea
Buildings--New Guinea