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AT SEA. 1944-10-22. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY ABOARD THE SS TAROONA PLAYING PONTOON ON THE BOAT DECK DURING THEIR MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA. CARDS, THE MOST POPULAR PASTIME DURING THE ..

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. PRIVATE ROSS, A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, LADEN WITH TROPICAL GEAR, ON THE WHARF DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. HEAVILY LADEN TROOPS OF THE 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO DURING THE MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA OF ELEMENTS OF 6 DIVISION

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-28. PRIVATE GLEESON, C COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, BOARDING THE USS MEXICO DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA

AT SEA. 1944-10-27. DRIVER J.C. POCOCK (1), AND DVR J.W. STRANGE, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (2), PEEL POTATOES ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JAMES OLIVER DURING MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA

NX160250 (N185331) Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Brown (foreground), and NX162028 Pte Thomas Oswald Watson, (behind), members of C Company, 2/4 Infantry Battalion, boarding the USS Mexico during ..

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. PRIVATE S.S. WEBSTER, A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAITING HIS TURN TO MOVE UP THE GANG PLANK DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO GOING BELOW TO THEIR LIVING QUARTERS DURING THE MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA OF ELEMENTS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10. SERGEANT V. COLLINS, NO. 2 MILITARY HISTORY SECTION FIELD TEAM, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

AT SEA. 1944-10-27. CORPORAL N. LOCKYER, 101 FIELD SECURITY SECTION (1), WITH CPL G. BRYCE, FIRST ARMY AIR PHOTO INTERPRETATION UNIT (2), PLAYING CHESS ABOARD SS JAMES OLIVER DURING THEIR MOVEMENT ..

AT SEA. 1944-10-27. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY AT A MESS PARADE ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JAMES OLIVER DURING THEIR MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-31. MEMBERS OF 2/8TH GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) SWIMMING POOL. THE CONCRETE POOL WAS BUILT DURING LEISURE HOURS BY ANGAU ..