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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-11-21. THE RAAF CATALINA FLYING BOAT, WHICH IS ON THE MAIL RUN BETWEEN NEW BRITAIN AND NEW GUINEA, GATHERS SPEED AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE OFF FOR THE RETURN JOURNEY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-12-24. NX201 MAJOR H.E. GALE, MBE, CAMP COMMANDANT, HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, READING A NOTICE IN THE UNIT AREA. WHICH READS:- "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, C. 1942. HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW), SHOWING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND ITS TALL AERIAL

KAIGULAN, NEW GUINEA, C. 1943. PORTRAIT OF ALEX PERRIN, A SPOTTER WITH THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW)

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-23. AMERICAN ARMY TRANSPORT LINED UP ON THE SAURAGE TRAIL, LOADED WITH MEMBERS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION FOR MOVEMENT FROM THEIR CAMP AREA TO THE FRONT LINE WHERE ..

Three spotters with the New Guinea Air warning Wireless Company (NGAWW). Left to right: NX79464 Signalman (Sig) later Corporal )Cpl) Leonard Robert Couchman of Lidcombe, NSW, NX153072 Sig, later ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA, 1944-10. MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW) ATTENDING A CHURCH SERVICE. (JOINS P1035/28/20 TO 19)

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-23. AMERICAN ARMY TRUCKS TRANSPORTING TROOPS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION ACROSS THE LARUMA RIVER ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL AS THEY MOVE INTO THE FORWARD AREA TO TAKE ..

1945-08. PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL R.G. WEBB, MEMBER OF NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW)

C. 1944. PORTRAIT OF BILL BACHE, A SPOTTER WITH THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW)

PRAHRAN, VIC, 1945. GROUP PORTRAIT TAKEN DURING TRAINING PERIOD OF MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA AIR WARNING WIRELESS COMPANY (NGAWW). LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: MAX STEVENSON, KEITH ADAMS, CLEM ..

DOYABIE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-23. TROOPS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION FORDING THE LARUMA RIVER AT THE END OF THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE OVER POSITIONS OCCUPIED ..