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KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. NX148 BRIGADIER I.N. DOUGHERTY DSO, BRIGADE COMMANDER, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, BOARDING AN AIRCRAFT TO GO FORWARD ON TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. NX148 BRIGADIER I.N. DOUGHERTY DSO, BRIGADE COMMANDER, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, READY TO BOARD AN OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G.A. VASEY CB OBE DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, LEAVING THE AIRSTRIP FOR BRIGADE HQ IN A JEEP

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ARRIVING AT THE CAMP AREA. ENGINEERS RESTING IN THE FOREGROUND

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. NATIVES CUTTING KUNAI GRASS AND AMERICANS USING BULLDOZERS TO MAKE A NEW LANDING STRIP IN THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING FROM THE AIRSTRIP TO THE CAMP AREA

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SHOWING THEIR RIFLES TO SOME NATIVE BOYS. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- VX50342 PRIVATE (PTE) H. MURRAY; QX41516 PTE ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAULING AMMUNITION UP A STEEP SLOPE

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. QX33433 PRIVATE R.P. KING OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION GIVING A NATIVE BOY A RIDE ON HIS SHOULDERS

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. VX9 MAJOR GENERAL G.A. VASEY, CB, OBE, DSO., GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION (LEFT) AND NX148 BRIGADIER I.N. DOUGHERTY, DSO., BRIGADE COMMANDER, ..

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-25. VIEW ACROSS THE MARKHAM VALLEY FROM HEADQUARTERS, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA

KAIAPIT, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-24. LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.V. KING, UNITED STATES MALARIAL CONTROL OFFICER (LEFT) AND CAPTAIN EUGENE V. STRAW, UNITED STATES 2 AIR TASK FORCE OFFICER (RIGHT) PREPARING TO ..