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TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-20. A 3 TON VEHICLE USED BY THE 11TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, BEING TOWED ASHORE THROUGH HEAVY SURF FROM THE LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK) ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-24. A NATIVE TOTEM POLE IN USE AS A SIGN POST

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-05. LIEUTENANT P. HUTCHINSON, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (1), IN CONVERSATION WITH MRS V. FISHER, BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT OUTSIDE THE SECTION'S ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-05. MRS V. FISHER, BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT (1) DURING HER VISIT TO THE NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-24. IRON GIRDERS RE- INFORCING THE NARROW PENINSULA OF SALAMAUA

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. NX32941 PRIVATE J.J. PARKES, NO.10 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION (2), WHO HAD WALKED 5 MILES AFTER BEING SHOT THROUGH THE FACE, IS ASSISTED BY ..

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION SEARCHING THE SIDE OF THE NINAHAU RIVER FOR AN ALTERNATE CROSSING POINT DURING THEIR ADVANCE TO BUT

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. NX4367 CORPORAL E.L. MCCARTNEY, C. COMPANY, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION, TAKING A WELL EARNED REST IN THE KUNAI GRASS BEFORE CROSSING THE NINAHAU RIVER

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST FIELD REGIMENT, CARRYING NECESSARY SIGNAL GEAR ACROSS A TRIBUTARY OF THE NINAHAU RIVER WHILE MOVING TO BUT

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-19. TROOPS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION CARRYING FULL PACKS, CROSS THE TOROKINA RIVER. MOUNT BAGANA, AN ACTIVE VOLCANO, LIES IN THE DISTANCE

BOUGAINVILLE AREA, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-23. MEMBERS OF NO.5 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 1ST NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ESCORT A JAPANESE PRISONER SEIZED AT A HUT NEAR ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-19. JEEPS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION BEING TOWED BY A TRACTOR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA OF THE TOROKINA RIVER