Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Y.M.C.A. Welfare Work In New Guinea
An idea of the nature of some of the work performed by YMCA welfare officers in Dutch New Guinea is given in an air-mailed report to Mr. Albert Charlesworth, YMCA honorary chief commissioner. The report state that amplified gramophone music and broadcast news from the ABC are provided for troops at YMCA-ACF centres, where coffee and biscuits are handed out at all hours.
One welfare officer has supplied more than 1,000 hot drinks a day. He also visits isolated areas to provide entertainment, which is awaited eagerly by the troops. An open-air vaudeville in which the “leading lady” was a brawny digger, was recently arranged by a YMCA welfare officer. Free refreshments, provided by the ACF, were handed out to the audience.
Description source:
The Advertiser, 7 July 1944
View the original image at Queensland State Archives:
Digital Image ID 23944