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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1942-05-23. MEMBERS OF C PLATOON, 2/5TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY, WAITING AT SEVEN MILE AERODROME FOR THE AIRCRAFT WHICH IS TAKING THEM TO WAU. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA, 1914-11-30. ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS OF THE ATTACK BY MASKED GERMANS ON THE BRITISH MISSIONARY REVEREND W. A. COX RECEIVES HIS PUNISHMENT OF A ..

ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THIS CAMP WAS IN THE CENTRE OF A GIANT ADVANCED TRAINING AREA. FRONT ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: NX5887 CORPORAL T.H. WEST, 2/4TH BATTALION, ..

DALY WATERS, NT, 1939-10-11. FRONT VIEW OF GUINEA AIRWAYS VH-UXH, LOCKHEED 10, TWIN-ENGINE MONOPLANE "C.J. LEVIEN", BEING REFUELLED FROM 44-GALLON DRUMS. THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIED THE FIRST REGULAR ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA, 1942-08-20. ANNOTATED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING JAPANESE POSITIONS. (DONOR E.M. BALL)

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GEN SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), AMONG SENIOR OFFICERS DURING HIS TOUR OF 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE POSITIONS. ..

1943. WING COMMANDER CLARRIE PARSONS GLASSCOCK, DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO 30 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON RAAF. WING COMMANDER GLASSCOCK AND HIS NAVIGATOR, FLYING OFFICER CAIN, WERE KILLED IN AN ATTACK ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. PTE J.C. PLATER, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, A COMPANY HQ, TIRED, BUT STILL CHEERFUL, SITTING ON A BOX

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. GEN SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), MOVING WITH SENIOR OFFICERS TO FORWARD POSITIONS DURING HIS TOUR OF HQ 7 ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION STRETCHER BEARERS LEAVE B COMPANY HQ EN ROUTE TO A FORWARD COMPANY WHO ARE ATTACKING ENEMY POSITIONS. THE STEEPNESS, A GRADE OF 2 IN 1, ..

LAE, 1941-06. MEMBERS OF THE LAE PLATOON OF THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: PRIVATE (PTE) DES LANECRAPLE, PTE ROY BARNETT, PTE HECK BALDWIN, CORPORAL (CPL) HUGH LYON, PTE ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LT G. COYLE, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION RECEIVING REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF A COMPANY ATTACK BY PHONE FROM FORWARD TROOPS