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HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. NATIVE ELDER DECORATED FOR THE DANCE HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE VILLAGE CHIEFS AND NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ..

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-08-28. FIRST OF A SERIES OF FIVE GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM A RAAF PLANE DURING THE BOMBING OF JAPANESE SUPPLY CRAFT, ILLUSTRATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF FOLLOWING A ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-11-05. ENGINEERS OF THE 1052ND ENGINEERS PORT CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR GROUP, UNITED STATES ARMY, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST LIBERTY DOCK. SHOWN IS:- ASN-33480320 ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-05. ARMY DIVER PREPARING TO DESCEND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE SS ANSHUN. THIS VESSEL WAS SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE WARSHIP DURING THE MILNE BAY INVASION, 1942-08 ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09. TYPICAL COASTLINE OF THE AREA, NEAR THE LADAVA MISSION

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-05. WAR CEMETERY TUCKED AWAY AMONG THE COCONUT PALMS. IT CONTAINS THE GRAVES OF CORPORAL JOHN ALEXANDER FRENCH OF QLD, THE FIRST NEW GUINEA VC, AND ALSO OF SQUADRON ..

MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-05. AN AMERICAN LANDING CRAFT STANDING OFF THE COAST

THE GRAVE, LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE BUMI RIVER, OF QX16765 ACTING CORPORAL R TART, 2/15TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1943. NOTE AN ..

FINSCHHAFEN, AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. COFFEE STALL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION UNIT, ATTACHED TO THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ESTABLISHED ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE BUMI RIVER. ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. GENERAL VIEW OF SCARLET BEACH LOOKING NORTH

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. GENERAL VIEW OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) COFFEE STALL IN THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA AS TROOPS LINE UP WAITING FOR THE COFFEE TO ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. TROOPS OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION MANNING A DEFENCE POSITION IN THE AREA. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- VX56767 PRIVATE H.J. MAY (1); ..