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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-22. TROOPS OF THE FINSCHHAFEN FORCE UNLOADING STORES FROM LSTS (LANDING SHIP, TANK) AT THE BEACH HEAD

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-22. WHILE TROOPS OF THE FINSCHHAFEN FORCE UNLOAD SUPPLIES FROM AN LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK). A BULLDOZER IS AT WORK SMOOTHING THE BEACH

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-22. WHILE TROOPS OF THE FINSCHHAFEN FORCE UNLOAD STORES FROM THE LSTS (LANDING SHIP, TANK) THEY ARE PROTECTED BY A UNITED STATES ARMY GUN AND CREW IN THE FOREGROUND

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. UNITED STATES ARMY INTERPRETER, SERGEANT MUNEKAWA (FOREGROUND) INTERROGATING A CHINESE COOLIE, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE JAPANESE, WHILE SERGEANT D.J. GRIMLEY ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. UNITED STATES ARMY INTERPRETER, SERGEANT MUNEKAWA (FOREGROUND) INTERROGATING A CHINESE COOLIE, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE JAPANESE, WHILE SERGEANT D.J. GRIMLEY ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. THREE TON TRUCK OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION WITH A LOAD OF NATIVE LABOURERS WHO ARE EMPLOYED ON NO. 1 AND NO. 2 AIRSTRIPS. THIS IS THE FIRST TRUCK IN THE AREA AND ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-20. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT USED TO SUPPLY THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, LINED UP ON NO. 1 AIRSTRIP

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT JUST TAKING OFF FROM NO. 1 AIRSTRIP

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-20. NATIVE CARRIERS WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION FOR UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM AIRCRAFT

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. VX67599 SERGEANT A.L. MILLER OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, IN A JAPANESE BUNKER. HE CLEARED THESE BUNKERS WITH GRENADES, KILLING AT LEAST 3 JAPANESE ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. MEMBERS OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY AT THE GRAVES OF THEIR COMRADES WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE RAID ON KAIAPIT. LEFT TO RIGHT:- QX25652 PRIVATE L.J. ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. SX1165 CORPORAL J.A. WILSON MM, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, IN THE VILLAGE WITH THREE NATIVE CARRIERS AND A WOUNDED JAPANESE SOLDIER LYING ON A STRETCHER, ..