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KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. SX1165 CORPORAL J.A. WILSON MM, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, WHO WAS WOUNDED IN THE KAIAPIT ACTION

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. INFORMAL GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY ON A JEEP DRIVING THROUGH KAIAPIT VILLAGE

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY DISPLAY CAPTURED JAPANESE FLAGS AFTER THE KAIAPIT ACTION

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. TROOPS OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING UP A STEEP HILL TO TAKE UP A POSITION OVERLOOKING THE VILLAGE

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. MEMBERS OF NO. 8 SECTION, C PLATOON, 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, PRIOR TO MOVING OUT ON PATROL AFTER THEIR CAPTURE OF THE MISSION

MOROBE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-18. LIEUTENANT H.L. BILLMAN, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, NAVAL BOMB DISPOSAL OFFICER, BOUND FOR LAE WHERE HE WILL TAKE UP DUTY

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-22. PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE USING A JEEP AS A TABLE DURING A MEAL AND CUPPA. SHOWN ARE - SERGEANT MUSSE (1); CORPORAL RALPH (2); ..

MOROBE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-18. LIEUTENANT (J6) J.J. O'CONNOL, UNITED STATES NAVY, SKIPPER OF LCT (LANDING CRAFT, TANK), NO. 61

SALAMUA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-19. VIEW FROM THE SOUTH SHOWING THE ISTHMUS CONNECTING THE MAINLAND AND THE PENINSULA

SALAMUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-19. THE ISTHMUS CONNECTING THE MAINLAND AND THE PENINSULA

SALAMUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-19. HARBOUR COASTLINE. TO JOIN PHOTOGRAPHS 57555 AND 57556