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EDIE CREEK, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-15. PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEW GUINEA FORCE, LINE UP TO RECORD THEIR VOTES IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION. LEFT TO ..

EDIE CREEK, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-15. GRAMOPHONE MADE BY AN INGENIOUS SAPPER OF HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, 11TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEW GUINEA FORCE, TO PROVIDE MUSIC IN THE TROOPS' ..

EDIE CREEK, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-15. NX137958 CORPORAL A. GIETZELT (LEFT), N151408 SAPPER S. J. EDEN (CENTRE) AND SAPPER C. H. J. TOWNSHEND (RIGHT), ALL OF HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ..

NEW GUINEA. 1943-07-28. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED FROM NASSAU BAY BEING TAKEN OFF THE TUNGSIN. STRETCHER BEARERS OF THE 10TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE ARE DRIVER (DR) K. FLINTOFT (1); PRIVATE BETH (2); ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL LOOKING OVER THE RAIL OF THE MV DUNTROON ANCHORED OFF MILFORD HAVEN. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA EN ROUTE TO THE AWAS BARRACKS AT ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL LOOKING ACROSS THE WATER TO THE SHORE FROM THE MV DUNTROON BEFORE DISEMBARKATION. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA EN ROUTE TO THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. PRIVATE G. HOOPER, WHO DID ALL THE BROADCASTING OF SHIP'S ORDERS, SEATED AT THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM TABLE ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON. SHE IS ONE OF THE 342 AWAS EN ROUTE ..

BULLDOG-WAU ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-10. WARRANT OFFICER 2 A. BADEN WALES OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, AT DEAD CHINAMAN'S CAMP, WITH SOME OF HIS LINE OF NATIVES WHO WORKED ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1914-07. VIEW OF THE HARBOUR FROM A STREET IN THE TOWN, SHOWING THE CRUISER HMAS ENCOUNTER AND THE BURNS PHILP VESSEL MATUNGA AT ANCHOR. (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. CORPORAL MILLGATE, CLEANING HER BOOTS SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. SHE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS WHO TRAVELLED ON THE MV DUNTROON ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-08. AWAS PERSONNEL SETTLING AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD, MAKING BEDSIDE MATS BY SPLITTING HESSIAN BAGS IN TWO AND BINDING THE EDGES. THE GIRLS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AWAS PERSONNEL DISEMBARKING FROM THE MV DUNTROON, ABOUT TO LEAVE A LANDING BARGE AT MILFORD HAVEN. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 AWAS FROM AUSTRALIA EN ROUTE TO THE ..