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FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NX127201 PRIVATE G. HAFEY OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, READING "GUINEA GOLD", AT HIS CAMP ON JOHN'S KNOLL. THE NEWSPAPERS WERE DROPPED BY ..

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NX97974 PRIVATE L.F. WARBRICK OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AT JOHN'S KNOLL. NOTE THE UPTURNED SIDES OF HIS HAT

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. A JAPANESE 7.7MM TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AND BODIES OF DEAD GUN CREW AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ACTION AT TREVOR'S RIDGE BY THE 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. BODIES OF JAPANESE DEAD, AROUND A TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" MACHINE GUN AFTER 2/27TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION HAD CAPTURED TREVOR'S RIDGE. SHOWN: NX127113 ..

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, CAMPED NEAR THE TOP OF JOHN'S KNOLL. SHOWN ARE:- QX19644 LIEUTENANT R.E. BUCHANAN (LEFT), A COMPANY, AND ..

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. NX74101 CORPORAL A.J. MURRAY (LEFT) AND VX119543 CORPORAL G.W. LANE (RIGHT) OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY, PLODDING THROUGH MUD AT THE 2/16TH ..

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. LUNCHTIME FOR THE TROOPS OF "B" COMPANY, 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION NEAR JOHN'S KNOLL. THEY ARE:- WX4241 ACTING SERGEANT W.T. MCMAHON, MM., (1); ..

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, TALKING TO THE NATIVE WOMENFOLK AND CHILDREN, DURING A RECRUITING TRIP

FARIA VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-17. WX7752 PRIVATE A.J. CARLSON OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT JOHN'S KNOLL

HANABADA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. NEW OIL PIPELINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY MEMBERS OF THE 14TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THIS LINE WILL RUN FROM THE JETTY TO THE NEW OIL ..

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY (1) OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, RECRUITING NATIVE LABOURERS. ON THE LEFT IS A NATIVE CONSTABLE OF ROYAL PAPUAN ..

BUKAUA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-18. TROOPS OF THE 29/46TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WITH THEIR NATIVE CARRIERS WITH LOADS OF RATIONS AND AMMUNITION MOVING ALONG THE BEACH TRACK. SHOWN ARE:- ..