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HIS MAJESTY'S AUSTRALIAN MOTOR LAUNCH 808, RAN. THESE VESSELS, 112 FEEST LONG, AND CARRYING A COMPLEMENT OF 3 OFFICERS AND 14 RATINGS, ARE USED FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROLS, STRAFING, AND ATTACKS ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-02. TROOPS TRANSFERRING FROM A LANDING BARGE TO AN AMERICAN 300 TON ARMOURED LANDING CRAFT MOORED OFF SHORE

SCARLET BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-04. AN ABANDONED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE. AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN RE-CUPERATE IN THE BACKGROUND. NOTE THE DESCRIPTIVE TABLET PROPPED AGAINST THE BARGE

SATTELBERG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-04. THE INTERIOR OF THE MISSION SCHOOL SITUATED AT THE TOP OF SATTELBERG

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-07. VX186 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G.R. WARFE, MC, COMMANDING OFFICER 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WITH VX7562 MAJOR H.G. SWEET, SECOND IN CHARGE (2)

SATTELBERG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-06. THE NORTHERN END OF SCARLET BEACH. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FOR USE BY VX76415 LIEUTENANT R.B. EWERS, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-04. VX143572 PRIVATE T. OSBORNE, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2), ASSISTS VX140470 PRIVATE N.E. PLANT, (1), TO NEGOTIATE MUD IN A MANGROVE SWAMP

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-02. LIEUTENANT G.A. HAM, 101ST BRIGADE SUPPORT COMPANY, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AT A TRANSIT CAMP SITUATED CLOSE TO LAUNCH JETTY, A TERMINAL FOR BARGE AND SMALL ..

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-04. VX81112 LIEUTENANT G.H. ATKINSON, MC, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (1), WITH SOME MEMBERS OF HIS ORIGINAL PLATOON TO ENTER MADANG. IDENTIFIED ..

SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-07. THE WATER POINT AND HEADQUARTERS 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AREA. DEEP WELLS ARE SUNK CAUSING THE WATER TO SEEP THROUGH BY PRESSURE

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 194-07-02. QX10072 LIEUTENANT A.A. NOLAN, 101ST BRIGADE SUPPORT COMPANY, DISPLAYS A LETTER RACK AND OPENER CONSTRUCTED FROM JAPANESE BULLETS AND SHELL CASE. THE INGENUITY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-02. CAPTAIN B. FOGARTY, HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE WITH A HUGE FUNNEL-WEB SPIDER HE CAUGHT OUTSIDE HIS TENT. THE SPECIES HAS A DANGEROUS BITE