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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3) ABOARD AN AMERICAN LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK), FERRYING SUPPLIES FROM SHIPS ANCHORED OFF-SHORE, WATCHES ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. A 25 POUNDER GUN OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING AT JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE TORRICELLI RANGES OVERLOOKING THE AIRSTRIP

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION ALONGSIDE THEIR "DOOVERS" (SHELTERS) BESIDE ABANDONED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ENGINES ON THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NO.4 GUN, F TROOP, 52ND BATTERY, 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY FIRING A ROUND OF RANGING FIRE FROM A FORWARD POSITION AT THE AIRSTRIP

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT FIRING AT A JAPANESE POSITION IN THE AREA IN WHICH LIEUTENANT A. CHOWNE, MM, GAINED HIS VC

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LADY WAKEHURST, TALKS TO A NATIVE CHILD IN THE ARMS OF ITS MOTHER DURING A VISIT TO THE FAMILIES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABLULARY

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (1), EXAMINING AMMUNITION ABOARD AN AMERICAN LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK)

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), SPEAKS WITH DUMBA, (NO.1 "DOCTA BOY") WHILE INSPECTING THE GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY MEDICAL ORDERLIES AT THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. AFTER THE MARCH PAST HELD AT THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABLULARY PARADE GROUND, THE VICE- REGAL PARTY COMPRISING LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2) LADY ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. MEMBERS OF "I" SECTION, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A CAPTURED SET OF JAPANESE ANTI- AIRCRAFT BINOCULARS AT THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX72243 ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. VX102 MAJOR J.A.R.K. STRONG, 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, INTERROGATING AN INDIAN RESCUED FROM THE JAPANESE IN THE WONGINALA MISSION AREA SOUTH OF DAGUA

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NX15264 SERGEANT H.A. MARTIN (1), AMONG MEMBERS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, TENDS A BATTLE CASUALTY ON A STRETCHER. THE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLY VX115958 ..