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TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-26. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS CROSS THE PURIATA RIVER ON THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE TO RECORD THE VISIT OF VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, ..

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-26. LIEUTENANT W.J. DOVERS RAN, SKIPPER OF HMAS SWAN TAKING A SIGHT OVER THE PELORUS FROM THE BRIDGE DURING A RAN BOMBARDMENT OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE BUT- ..

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-26. A SECTION OF THE COASTLINE IN THE BUT- KUAK AREA BETWEEN AITAPE AND WEWAK DURING A BOMBARDMENT OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS BY THE RAN VESSEL HMAS SWAN

TOKO-BARARA ROAD, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-28. TROOPS OF THE 15TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USE A BULLDOZER TO FILL A TRUCK FROM A "CHINAMAN" CONTAINING TOP DRESSING ..

SONG RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-27. A BOGGED AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT "BLITZ BUGGY" CARRYING A MILITARY HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHER RECEIVES A PUSH FROM A UNITED STATES ARMY TRUCK DURING ..

KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-22. THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME DESTROYED IN A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY CARRIED OUT BY RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES NEAR KOKODA

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-26. A WIRRAWAY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 4 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-28. A PLASTICINE MODEL OF THE ANUMB RIVER BUT AREA. SCALE 1- 25000" MADE BY PERSONNEL OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE MODEL WAS ..

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-29. NX87013 PRIVATE D.W. LYON, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION FIELD BAKERY PLACING TINS OF BREAD IN THE UNIT OVENS

NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-29. NATIVE LABOURERS AT HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE BEING LED TO DUTIES BY AN NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER

KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. DAMAGE CAUSED BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT AGAINST KOKODA

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-28. A PLASTICINE MODEL OF THE ANUMB RIVER BUT AREA. SCALE 1- 25000" MADE BY PERSONNEL OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE MODEL WAS ..