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DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-24. NX136757 PRIVATE C. BINDON OF WALLSEND, NSW, A BAKER OF THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD BAKERY GLAZING BREAD ROLLS PRIOR TO BAKING

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-24. ENGINEER'S SECTION AT THE LOCAL WAR CEMETERY. THESE GRAVES ARE OF ENGINEERS OF THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ..

BUMI RIVER, FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-24. A PILE BEING HAULED INTO POSITION FOR DRIVING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUMI RIVER BY ENGINEERS OF THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-29. VX20650 LANCE CORPORAL L. J. LEE (LEFT) AND VX45485 SIGNALMAN H. E. SEWELL (RIGHT) AT WORK IN THE BATTERY CHARGING SECTION OF HEADQUARTERS, 7TH ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE 43RD FIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: NX65955 PRIVATE (PTE) A. E. MCAULAY; SX12798 SX12798 PTE C. D. ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. A TRAFFIC SHED AT THE 43RD FIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT MEASURING 105 FEET BY 60 FEET, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN TEN DAYS BY EIGHT MEN AND FOUR NATIVES

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. V4826 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 M. T. MCDONALD, AT G BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA, COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES, A FAVOURITE SPARE TIME HOBBY AMONG SOLDIERS IN NEW ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. VX101368 STAFF SERGEANT F. STUART-BOYLE, STACKING AMMUNITION AT THE RETURNED STORES AMMUNITION DEPOT, 103RD FIELD AMMUNITION DEPOT. THE BACKGROUND TO THE PHOTOGRAPH ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW: NX100969 LIEUTENANT (LT) F. P. LOCKE; SX14196 CHAPLAIN C. N. SWAN; VX63229 CAPTAIN (CAPT) A. W. ..

DUMPU, RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-29. SIGNAL OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS, 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. SHOWN ARE: QX4618 SERGEANT L. C. BROWN (1); VX34654 LANCE CORPORAL D. FISHER (2); VX21895 SIGNALMAN ..

BOMANA WAR CEMETERY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-13. THE GRAVE OF THE LATE 37572 LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. V. FERREY, BRITISH ARMY, AND OF THE LETHBRIDGE MILITARY MISSION TO AUSTRALIA WHO WAS KILLED IN AN ..

17 MILE, PORT MORESBY AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-13. PERSONNEL OF THE TENT REPAIR SECTION, RETURNED STORES SECTION, 10TH AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED ORDNANCE DEPOT IN THEIR WORKSHOP FITTING NEW COVERS TO ..