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OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. LIEUTENANT C M CALLOW, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE (1), COMMANDING OFFICER ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA

OFF NEW GUINEA COAST. 1944-05. LIEUTENANT A NEEDHAM, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VOLUNTEER RESERVE, (WEARING BINOCULARS), (1), WITH HIS GUN CREW ABOARD HMAS KAPUNDA. THEY STAND ALONGSIDE THEIR 4 INCH GUN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. MEMBERS OF THE 1ST MOBILE HOSPITAL LAUNDRY UNIT FOLDING WASHED AND DRIED CLOTHES IN THE DESPATCH BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT: NX177367 PRIVATE N. C. WATSON; N215394 PRIVATE A. ..

OFF MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. SIGNALMEN ABOARD THE RAN FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO PREPARE TO HOIST FLAGS TO SIGNAL PORT ON THEIR RETURN TO MADANG FROM AN ACTIVE PATROL. IDENTIFIED ARE: B3618 ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT THE OLD JETTY RECEIVING NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FROM THE CREW OF HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 806 RAN. ..

OFF MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. ABLE SEAMAN M L PHELAN (1), SEARCHES THE SEA AND SKY WITH BINOCULARS WHILE ON LOOKOUT DUTY ABOARD THE RAN FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO. THE VESSEL IS ON ACTIVE PATROL ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. JEROL (1), A SIO NATIVE, TRIMMING HIS HAIR WITH A RAZOR BLADE

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. QX32156 PRIVATE R F RUSHBROOK (2); TAKES A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM THE FINGER OF NX48620 SERGEANT W BUTTNER (3), WHILE VX77933 PRIVATE R S BARNETT (1), TESTS SAMPLES ..

OFF MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. ABLE SEAMAN A T LILLYE (AT THE BACGROUND) (1), ASSISTED BY ABLE SEAMAN E W CHURCHMAN (2), CLEAN THE 4 INCH NAVAL GUN ON THE STERN OF THE FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO. THE ..

NEW GUINEA, 1945. SERGEANT YAUWIKA OF THE NEW GUINEA NATIVE CONSTABULARY WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION WITH THE COAST WATCHING ORGANISATION IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA DURING THE 1939- 1945 WAR ..

BUNA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-18. THE STAFF OF G BRANCH, HQ BUNA BASE SUB AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- N242518 LANCE CORPORAL E KINGSTONE (1); WX31461 MAJOR P R ADAMS, GSO II, HQ BUNA BASE SUB AREA ..

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. THE RAN VESSEL HMAS KAPUNDA ANCHORED IN HARBOUR AFTER RETURNING FROM A PATROL NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN. DURING THE PATROL THE SHIP BOMBARDED SHORE POSITIONS ON KARKAR ..