Esther Gilbert Scrapbook

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Esther Gilbert with koalas, 1944
Esther Gilbert poses with two koalas in Brisbane, Australia, while waiting for assignment in July 1944.
U.S. Consulate in Adelaide, South Australia, 1944
The U.S. Consulate in Adelaide, South Australia, 1944.
Family of the Seppelts Winery, 1944
The family of the Seppelts Winery in Seppeltsfield, South Australia, in 1944.
Red Cross Headquarters MP, Adelaide, Australia, 1944
Red Cross Headquarters MP (military police) officers, Phil and Blitz, in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1944.
Red Cross Headquarters MP on motorcycles, Adelaide, Australia, 1944
Red Cross Headquarters MP (military police) officers, Phil and Johnnie Pascucci, pose on MP motorcycles in Adelaide, Australia, in 1944.
Red Cross Headquarters workers with koala, Adelaide, Australia, circa 1944
Red Cross Headquarters workers Johnnie Pascucci, Al Parsons, and Mike Angell pose with a koala in Adelaide, Australia, circa 1944.
Captain Bob Turnbow in Adelaide, Australia, 1944
Captain Bob Turnbow poses outside the Red Cross service club in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1944.
Captain Bob Turnbow at desk in Adelaide, Australia, circa 1944
Captain Bob Turnbow sits at his desk in Adelaide, Australia, in 1944.
Esther Gilbert and friends drink whiskey, 1944
Esther Gilbert (center), Monty, and Peg Graveur drink Milne's Whiskey in Room 138 of the South Australia Hotel in Adelaide, Australia, in 1944.
Tea hour in Brisbane, Australia, 1944
Three women, seen from above, enjoy tea hour outside of the Queenscliff Red Cross facility in Brisbane, Australia, in November 1944.
Red Cross workers sit on a tarmac in Australia
Five Red Cross workers in fatigues sit on a bench on a tarmac in front of an airplane while in Australia in November 1944. The women, stationed at the U.S. Pacific Theater headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia, appear to be wearing the WAC (Women's Army Corps) summer work uniform with the Red Cross overseas cap. The Red Cross was authorized to be issued army uniforms and supplies when needed. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
Commander Ray Alexander and Lieutenant Herb Thornton, Australia, 1944
Commander Ray Alexander and Lieutenant Herb Thornton pose in front of a jeep in Australia, in 1944.
Beach in Southport, Australia, 1944
Photo of the beach in Southport, Australia, in 1944. People sit and lie under beach umbrellas.
Aboriginal Australians in Queensland, 1945
A group of Aboriginal Australians on a beach in northern Queensland, Australia, in April 1945.
Local family, Hollandia (now Jayapura), New Guinea, 1945
A group of natives, including five children and an adult, in Hollandia (now Jayapura), New Guinea, in April 1945.
U.S. Navy swimming pool in Hollandia, New Guinea, 1945
The U.S. Navy swimming pool in Hollandia (now Jayapura), New Guinea, in 1945. The pool was created by damming a mountain stream.
Fleet post office, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 1945
Fleet post office in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945.
Aerial photo of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, 1945
Aerial photo of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945.
Lieutenant Sam Cookson, Bay Bay, 1945
Lieutenant Sam Cookson, USNR, sits in the grass in Bay Bay [?] in 1945 after escorting Red Cross workers during a four hour jeep ride.
Lieutenant Sam Cookson and jeep, Bay Bay, Philippines, 1945
Lieutenant Sam Cookson poses beside a jeep in Bay Bay, Leyte, Phillipines, in 1945.

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