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HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. YAMBO (LEFT) A NATIVE CONSTABLE WITH SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES, NATIVE VILLAGERS FROM THE HOPOI AND BUKAUA VILLAGES ON THE BEACH

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. DECORATED MISSION CHURCH IN THE HOPOI VILLAGE

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING THE VILLAGE NATIVES IN A TALK ON THE WAR AND APPEALING FOR THEIR ..

WIDERU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-21. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT SITTING AT HIS DESK, ADDRESSING THE VILLAGE NATIVES IN A TALK ON THE WAR AND ..

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. TROOPS OF THE 22ND AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE RESTING INSIDE THE BUKAUA LUTHERAN MISSION CHURCH. THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS A HOSPITAL BY THE JAPANESE BEFORE THE FALL ..

WIDERU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-21. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AND HIS PARTY CROSSING A SHALLOW RIVER BETWEEN WIDERU AND AYR

TAMIGUDU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-21. PORTRAIT OF REVEREND JOHANN DEKKER, AGED 79 YEARS, LUTHERAN MISSIONARY WHO HAS BEEN IN NEW GUINEA SINCE 1895. HE CARRIED ON WITH HIS WORK DURING THE JAPANESE ..

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-26. REMAINS OF A KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED IN A RIVER BED. INJURED PILOT WAS LOOKED AFTER BY NATIVES AND SENT ON TO LAE. THE NATIVES THEN CAMOUFLAGED THE PLANE ..

MALASIGE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. NATIVE OUTRIGGER SAILING CANOE ON THE LAGOON

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING A CONFERENCE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE VILLAGES IN THE AREA. ALSO SEEN IS ..

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. ALL THE VILLAGE CHIEFS (LULUAIS) AND THEIR SECONDS IN COMMAND (TULTULS) ATTENDED A CONFERENCE WITH NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ..

ULUGUDU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-25. REVEREND JOHANN DEKKER, LUTHERAN MISSIONARY WITH HIS NATIVE BOYS IN A HUT WHICH HE BUILT IN THE JUNGLE TO ESCAPE THE ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS