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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945. AERIAL VIEW TAKEN BY NO. 5 SQUADRON, RAAF, OF THE ALLIED BASE FROM WHICH OFFENSIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST THE JAPANESE, BY UNITS UNDER COMMAND OF THE SECOND ..

LAKEKAMU RIVER, PAPUA. 1942-07. NATIVES UNLOAD CARGO FOR KANGA FORCE FROM THE "ROYAL ENDEAVOUR" AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER, WHERE A SAND SPIT HAS BARRED THE ENTRANCE. SUPPLIES WILL BE MOVED BY CANOE ..

MAMAREGU RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-07-28. LOOKING SOUTH, PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY NO. 5 SQUADRON, RAAF, OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE MAMAREGU RIVER, CONSTRUCTED BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. THE STAFF OF THE DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CPL F. JAMES (1); STAFF SERGEANT C.H. FERRIS (2); CAPT W.J. STONEY (3); ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. CAPT W.J. STONEY, DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, EXTRACTING A BADLY DECAYED AND ABSCESSED TOOTH. HE IS ASSISTED BY SISTER M.H. JONES

RATONGOR, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-10. CHINESE CHILDREN CLAMOUR ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO HAVE THE NEXT RIDE IN A JEEP DRIVEN BY A MEMBER OF 11 DIVISION. THE JEEP ACTED AS A TYPE OF UNOFFICIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. THE SURGERY, DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. CAPT W.J. STONEY, DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, PERFORMS A TOOTH EXTRACTION ON JEN D.C. SHARMA, OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS A ..

MUBO-SALAMAUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08-05. MEMBERS OF 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY USE AN IMPROVISED BOMB TO SHATTER A NATIVE HUT BELIEVED TO HOUSE JAPANESE TROOPS. IN THE FOREGROUND ..

LAKEKAMU RIVER, PAPUA. 1942-07. NATIVES IN DUGOUT CANOES PADDLE UP THE RIVER TO BULLDOG CAMP WITH SUPPLIES FOR KANGA FORCE. SUPPLIES HAD BEEN BROUGHT FROM PORT MORESBY BY THE SCHOONER "ROYAL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. STAFF SERGEANT C.H. FERRIS, DENTAL SECTION, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, SETTING UP A SET OF TEETH

RATONGOR, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-10. CHINESE CHILDREN OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES LINE UP OUTSIDE THE GAILY DECORATED ENTRANCE TO THE CAMP TO WAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE NATIVE BAND. MEMBERS OF 11 DIVISION ..