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RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-28. TROOPS OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION MOVING IN SINGLE FILE THROUGH THICK KUNAI GRASS IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-01. SENIOR AIF OFFICERS INSPECTING A NEWLY COMPLETED AIRSTRIP. LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR EDMUND HERRING KBE, DSO, MC, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. NATIVES CUTTING KUNAI GRASS ON THE RUNWAYS OF THE NEW AIRSTRIP. TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WING IN THE FOREGROUND

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. SENIOR AIF. OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE FIRST AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEW AIRSTRIP TO INSPECT THE COMPLETED AIRSTRIP. THEY ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT GENERAL ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. MEN OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING THE VALLEY FLOOR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. AN INFANTRYMAN OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN IN THE VALLEY

SAGARAK, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-29. TROOPS OF THE CORPS GUARD BATTALION, ATTACHED TO THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION CUTTING KUNAI GRASS FOR A NEW AIRSTRIP WHILE THE INFANTRY MOVE FORWARD INTO NEW ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. SX4265 PRIVATE G.E. WOOD OF THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, RIDING A BICYCLE ON HIS PATROL ALONG THE VALLEY FLOOR

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-01. SX18017 PRIVATE K.A. BOXER, "B" COMPANY, 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, LOADED UP WITH WOOD TO ERECT MOSQUITO NET FRAMES WHILE GUARDING AIRFIELD

MARINGGUSIN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-29. VX116662 PRIVATE G. ALLEN, "A" COMPANY, 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, DRINKING WATER FROM HIS STEEL HELMET WHILE CROSSING THE YATI RIVER, DURING THE ..

MARINGGUSIN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-29. NX127188 SIGNALLER P.L.W. LAMB OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION APPEARS TIRED AFTER A LONG TREK CARRYING A PORTABLE WIRELESS WEIGHING 28 POUNDS, AS ..

MARINGGUSIN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-29. "D" COMPANY, 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE CROSSING THE YATI RIVER DURING THE MARCH FROM THE UMI RIVER TO MARRAWASA