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KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. A NATIVE WATERING A FRESHLY PLANTED SHRUB NEAR GRAVES IN THE WAR CEMETERY AT HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. GROUP OF NATIVE BOYS RECEIVING THEIR RATION OF TOBACCO AND MATCHES AT THEIR EVENING LINE UP AT HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. NX6198 PRIVATE G. NEW, COOK OF HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA COOKING A BATCH OF SCONES IN THE UNIT'S OUTDOOR BUILT-IN OVEN WITH OIL AND WATER DRIP BURNER

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING A LINE UP OF VILLAGE NATIVES TO TALK ON THE WAR AND APPEALING FOR THEIR ..

KUMBARUM, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. A SOLDIER ON GUARD SILHOUETTED AGAINST FLOOD LIT TREES IN THE HEADQUARTERS 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AREA, DUMPU, WHEN FLOODLIGHTS FOR USE ON AIRSTRIPS WERE BEING ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. SX12340 PRIVATE S.L. MORGAN (1), A COOK AT HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, TAKING A BATCH OF SCONES FROM AN ALDERSHOT OVEN

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-23. A BUILT IN STOVE WITH AN OIL AND WATER DRIP BURNER IN THE OUTDOORS AT HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. A NATIVE INTERPRETER TRANSLATING THE ADDRESS OF NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO THE VILLAGE NATIVES

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. YAMBO (LEFT) A NATIVE CONSTABLE WITH SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES, NATIVE VILLAGERS FROM THE HOPOI AND BUKAUA VILLAGES ON THE BEACH

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. DECORATED MISSION CHURCH IN THE HOPOI VILLAGE

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. A NATIVE INTERPRETER TRANSLATING THE ADDRESS OF NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO THE NATIVE VILLAGERS

HOPOI, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-20. NX155085 CAPTAIN R.G. ORMSBY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADDRESSING THE VILLAGE NATIVES IN A TALK ON THE WAR AND APPEALING FOR THEIR ..