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BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. CAPTAIN N.B. WELSH, OFFICER COMMANDING C TROOP, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON (1), GIVING HIS OFFICERS AND SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL BOUND FOR HQ 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON ABOARD AN AMPHIBIOUS DUKW. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- FLYING OFFICER CHRISTIANSON, 100 SQN RAAF (1); ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. TROOPER N.A. PURSCHE, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON, PARTIALLY HIDDEN BY JUNGLE UNDERGROWTH, AT ONE OF THE MANY HALTS MADE DURING THE MOUNTAIN CLIMB BY THE PATROL

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON, LISTENING TO CAPTAIN J. ROBINSON OF ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE ON A STRIKE ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. ALLIED SHIPPING AT AITAPE VIEWED FROM THE BOAT DECK OF THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO AS MEMBERS OF HQ 6 DIVISION ARRIVE

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. TROOPER D.T. NELSON, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. CAPTAIN J. ROBINSON OF ATIS, (ALLIED TRANSLATOR INTERPRETATION SECTION) (1), GIVES A TALK TO MEMBERS OF C TROOP, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON ON METHODS OF HANDLING ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. A PATROL FROM C TROOP, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON MOVING OUT AFTER DAWN, LEADS THE SQN OVER THE DANDRIWAD RIVER AT BABIANG, WATCHED BY NATIVES IN THE BACKGROUND. ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. TROOPS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON ABOARD AMPHIBIOUS DUKWS DURING THEIR JOURNEY TO BABIANG. THE DUKW AT THE REAR IS BOGGED AT THE MOUTH OF THE DRINIUMOR RIVER. ..

AT SEA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-30. THE AITAPE AREA AS FIRST SEEN BY UNITS OF 6 DIVISION AND MEMBERS OF HQ 6 DIVISION AS THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO MOVES IN. THIS PHOTOGRAPH JOINS 83092 SHOWING ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. MEMBERS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON ESTABLISHING A CAMP AT A SMALL CLEARING ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. TROOPER K. LAMONT, SQUADRON HQ SIGNALS, 2/10 COMMANDO SQN MAKING WIRELESS CONTACT WITH A SECTION OF B TROOP AT LUAIN PLANTATION