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CANBERRA, ACT. 1945-09-18. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SKETCH MAP OF URFIP CREEK, NEW GUINEA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. SERGEANT K. SMITH, ANNOUNCER, FORMERLY OF RADIO STATION 3DB, MELBOURNE, VIC, INSPECTING THE CONTROL PANEL OF RADIO LAE, A 50-KILOWATT RADIO TRANSMITTER WHICH HAS BEEN MADE ..

CANBERRA, ACT. 1945-10-04. A PASSING OUT OF STUDENTS PARADE WAS HELD AT LAND HEADQUARTERS SCHOOL OF CIVIL AFFAIRS, DUNTROON, AFTER A COURSE LASTING FIFTEEN WEEKS. SOME FIFTY STUDENTS, INCLUDING ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-05. AERIAL VIEW OF A UNITED STATES A20 BOSTON AIRCRAFT LAYING A SMOKE SCREEN IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE PARACHUTE LANDING OF THE 503RD PARACHUTE ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-05. UNITED STATES C47 AIRCRAFT FLYING IN OVER THE NADZAB DROP ZONE BEHIND A SMOKE SCREEN LAID DOWN BY A20 (BOSTON) AIRCRAFT DURING THE AIRBORNE ASSAULT DELIVERING MEN OF ..

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1945-10-02. SISTER J. ANDERSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, OF "L" FORCE, WHO WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, ENJOYING A GOOD CUP OF TEA AND A ..

CANBERRA, ACT. 1945-10-04. A PASSING OUT OF STUDENTS PARADE WAS HELD AT LAND HEADQUARTERS SCHOOL OF CIVIL AFFAIRS, DUNTROON, AFTER A COURSE LASTING FIFTEEN WEEKS. SOME FIFTY STUDENTS, INCLUDING ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-05. UNITED STATES C47 AIRCRAFT FLYING IN OVER THE NADZAB DROP ZONE BEHIND A SMOKE SCREEN LAID DOWN BY A20 (BOSTON) AIRCRAFT DURING THE AIRBORNE ASSAULT DELIVERING MEN OF ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS AWAITING A KIT INSPECTION BEFORE BEING EVACUATED TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS REPACKING THEIR KIT AFTER AN INSPECTION PRIOR TO BEING EVACUATED TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS UNDERGOING A KIT INSPECTION PRIOR TO THEIR EVACUATION TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS BOARDING A BARGE WHICH IS TO TAKE THEM OUT TO THE RAN VESSEL WHICH IS TO EVACUATE THEM TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER THE ISLAND WAS OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF THE ..