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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-16. VX26926 LANCE CORPORAL J REYNOLDS (1), A MEMBER OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE, MAKING USE OF AN ABANDONED JAPANESE TUB AT THE OLD CATHOLIC MISSION, THE PRESENT ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE (LEFT), IN HIS HEADQUARTERS WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.B. SERISSIER, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE, MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS (EXTREME RIGHT), WITH SOME OF THE OFFICERS OF HIS STAFF, LEFT TO RIGHT:- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. THE FIGHTING FACE OF THE LEADER OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA, MAJOR-GENERAL B.M. MORRIS. GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NEW GUINEA FORCE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. A HEAD STUDY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL D.D. PITT, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER I, NEW GUINEA FORCE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. EXPERT HORSEMEN DURING PEACETIME, THESE QUEENSLANDERS ARE NOW SERVING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT LIGHT HORSE TROOP IN NEW GUINEA, LEFT TO RIGHT:- CLINTON ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS GUARDING A STRATEGIC POINT IN NEW GUINEA CHECK UP ON THEIR MACHINE GUN AND CAMOUFLAGE

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. STRIPPED TO THE WAIST, THESE SUN-TANNED GUNNERS OF THE A.I.F. KEEP UP THE SUPPLY OF SHELLS DURING AN ENEMY AIR RAID IN NEW GUINEA. THESE TROOPS WERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. LOOKING FOR JAPANESE ZEROS AND BOMBERS, THE KEEN EYES OF THE SPOTTER OF AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW SEARCHES THE NEW GUINEA SKY

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS IN NEW GUINEA KEEP A SHARP LOOK-OUT FOR JAPANESE RAIDERS DURING AN "ALERT". NOTE SHELLS IN POSITION ON GUN, WITH MORE READY IN MAN'S ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07. INSIDE THE SAND-BAGGED GUN-PIT, FROM WHERE AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS KEEP WATCH ON NEW GUINEA SKIES

PORT MORESBY, 1942-07. FOLLOWING AN ALARM THAT JAPANESE PLANES WERE IN THE VICINITY, THIS AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW IN NEW GUINEA WAS PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER REACHING ACTION STATIONS AND WHILE ..