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BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. TROOPER K. LAMONT (1), WITH TPR J. BRODERICK (2), MEMBERS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON PATROL, ESTABLISHING HQ AT AN OLD ABANDONED JAPANESE 75 MM GUN POSITION

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. TROOPER G. MARTIN, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. HQ 6 DIVISION AREA SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 4 - 5 MILES FROM THE MAIN AITAPE BEACH. THE GENERAL OFFICER'S COMMANDING MESS IS BUILT AT THE EDGE OF THE BEACH

MEMBERS OF THE 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, ABOARD THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO WITH LITTLE SPACE TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS. THE MEN ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE AITAPE OPERATIONAL ..

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. THE SQUADRON HQ, 2/10 COMMANDO SQN SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES FROM AITAPE

Troops of 2/10 Commando Squadron laying out markers to indicate the extremity of the Dropping Zone to Beaufort Bombers of 100 Squadron, RAAF. It was found impracticable to carry supplies using ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. THE OFFICER'S LINES, HQ 6 DIVISION, ESTABLISHED AT THE END OF THE BEACH

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 83901 SHOWING ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO WITH MEMBERS OF HQ 6 DIVISION ABOARD. THE SHIP TRANSPORTED THE FIRST UNITS OF 6 DIVISION TO AITAPE FROM CAIRNS BETWEEN 1944-10-28 AND ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. VEHICLES TRAVELLING ALONG THE MAIN ROAD TO AITAPE THROUGH HQ 6 DIVISION LINES

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. HQ 6 DIVISION SITE IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED AREA 4 - 5 MILES SOUTH OF AITAPE

BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-18. A 3 TON GMC TRUCK LOADED WITH 2/11 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS FOLLOWING JEEPS OF THE 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON, EASILY CROSSES THE DRINIUMOR RIVER