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1944-04-21. NEW GUINEA: AFTER A 5000 FT. CLIMB IN THE FINNISTERRES THE TROOPS FOUND THE MUD JUST AS DEEP AS ON THE LOWER SLOPES. TROOPS ON THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CLIMB

NEW GUINEA. 15 JUNE 1944. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS CONFERRING WITH U.S. ENGINEERS PREPARATORY TO THE LANDING ON KARKAR ISLAND WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE AUSTRALIANS WITHOUT RESISTANCE. A MUDMAP IS ..

Henry Reid Bay, New Britain. 20 March 1945. Mr. Alan Anderson, movie man of the Department of Information who is covering the Australian campaign in New Britain

New Britain. 15 December 1943. A jeep ploughs its way through rough country climbing up a steep incline among the palm trees that fringe the Arawe Peninsula. The invading American forces soon ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken ..

New Britain. 15 December 1943. Immediately after landing at Arawe American engineers and signal corps technicians set to work to establish communications, and land lines were laid. The patrols were ..

Aitape, New Guinea. 1945-03-02. Fatigued after his strenuous climb up the "Golden Stairway" Private Fred Westland of Melbourne, Vic, rests on one of the steps and reclines on his Owen gun

NEW GUINEA 299: 11 JANUARY 1945. IN HONOUR OF THE LIBERATION. BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, OF SOME OF THEIR VILLAGES, DURING 1944 - AND TO OFFER A PRAYER FOR THE FORTHCOMING HARVEST YEAR. NEW GUINEA ..

A VIEW FROM THE RESIDENT OFFICER'S HOUSE AT MANUS, LOOKING TOWARDS THE WIRELESS STATION. (TAKEN IN 1921.) (DONATED BY COMMANDER G.F. LANGFORD, R.A.N.)

New Britain. December 1943. Alligator amphibious craft were used extensively in the assault on Arawe. The 'Alligator' is an amphibious weapons-personnel carrier, with caterpillar tracks and scoops, ..

New Britain. December 1943. A Jeep is being loaded aboard a landing craft preparatory to setting out on the invasion. The immense preparation necessary for the Allied landing at Arawe emphasised ..