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YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. BOGADJIM VIEWED FROM A TURN IN THE BOGADJIM ROAD NEAR YAULA DURING THE ADVANCE ON THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. VX87461 PRIVATE J. CLARKE, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLACES SCENES IN AN OVEN ALONGSIDE THE BOGADJIM ROAD. THE OVEN HAS BEEN IMPROVISED FROM ABANDONED JAPANESE ..

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. VX108664 CORPORAL E. ANTHERSON, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WOUNDED IN ACTION, RECEIVES A DRINK OF COFFEE FROM MR. W.A. ALVEN. (2), THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD ..

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. UNDESTROYED JAPANESE BRIDGES ACROSS THE KOFEBI RIVER, A TRIBUTARY OF THE MINTJIM RIVER. THE BRIDGES REMAINED DURING THE RAPID ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY ..

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-11. THE VIEW ALONG MINDJIM VALLEY. IT IS TYPICAL OF THE TERRAIN IN WHICH THE JAPANESE ESTABLISHED AMBUSHES WHICH WERE OVERCOME BY THE ADVANCING 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION

DENIKI, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. MEMBERS OF THE 23RD LINE SECTION, 18TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS DURING A REST PERIOD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX91161 SIGNALMAN A.R. NICOLSON (1); V503456 ..

KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-11. VX125001 SIGNALMAN R. WILLIAMS, 18TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS TENDING THE GRAVE OF THE LATE PRIVATE BRUCE STEEL KINGSBURY VC, 2/14TH INFANTRY BATTALION, AT THE ..

YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-11. WANUT, A WAREE BOY, CARRYING SUPPLIES DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION TO BOGADJIM

NAURO SWAMP, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-05. MEMBERS FROM THE 23RD LINE SECTION, 18TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS, THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF NATIVE LABOUR, CLEARING A TRAIL FOR SIGNAL LINES

GUSIKA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. VX14643 CAPTAIN T.J. HARRIS, MC, (1), WITH FELLOW OFFICERS OF THE 2/4TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT AFTER RECEIVING THE MILITARY CROSS. THE AWARD WAS WON DURING A ..

GUSIKA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-09. OFFICERS OF THE 2/4TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT SALUTING DURING THE SOUNDING OF THE "LAST POST" AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO HONOUR MEMBERS KILLED IN THE FINSCHHAFEN ..

KILIGIA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THE SCREENING OF THE FILM "CHARLEY'S AUNT", AT HEADQUARTERS 5TH DIVISION AREA TROOPS ARRIVE WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF SEATS