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TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-07. AN M24 GENERAL CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK NEGOTIATING A TWO FOOT SIX INCH FALLEN TREE DURING TRIALS CONDUCTED FOR THE WAR OFFICE

TOL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-04. TROOPS OF 28 INFANTRY BATTALION WORKING IN THE HOLD OF AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE SHIP, NO. 283, UNLOADING CEMENT

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-06. THE THREE-FOOT SAND BANK WHICH AN M24 GENERAL CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK WILL ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE DURING TRIALS CONDUCTED FOR THE WAR OFFICE

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-08. AN M24 GENERAL CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK CLIMBING UP THE THREE FOOT BANK AFTER CROSSING A CREEK BED, DURING TRIALS CONDUCTED FOR THE WAR OFFICE

ILIPEM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-31. PRIVATE K.J. FRAZER (1), AND PRIVATE C.V. DOOLAN (2), MEMBERS OF 2/5TH INFANTRY BATTALION, BREAKING CAMP DURING PREPARATIONS FOR THE BIG MOVE FORWARD TO CRACK ..

TOL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-04. CAPTAIN M.E. JOSEPH, BEACHMASTER, HEADQUARTERS 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, OUTSIDE HIS HUT AT TOL WHARF. HE WAS POSTED TO THE UNIT AS TRANSPORT OFFICER AND LATER FUNCTIONED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-08. A HEAVY CRANE BEING TOWED BY TRACTOR TO THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) DURING MOVEMENT OF 41 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY TO BORNEO. THE TRACTOR AND THE CRANE ARE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-08. PERSONNEL OF ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE SERVICE, 5 DIVISION, AT WORK PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLAND AFTER BEING RELIEVED BY 11 DIVISION

ILIPEM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-31. CORPORAL H.W. DAVIES (1), AND SIGNALMAN R.J. THOMSON (2), 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, RE-WINDING SIGNAL WIRE ON TO THE SMALL BATTLE REELS TO BE READY TO RUN OUT TO ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-11. SERGEANT O'DONOHUE (2), RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM SISTER B.H. BOOTH (1), IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY SECTION OF 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

ILIPEM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-07-31. TROOPS OF 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, AT THE MOST FORWARD YMCA COFFEE STAFF IN THE YAMIL AREA WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY MR A.K. HILLIS, YMCA REPRESENTATIVE. IT IS ..

YAMIL SECTOR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-01. CAPTAIN J.V. WILKINSON, DENTAL OFFICER, B SECTION, 2/4 DENTAL UNIT (1), GIVING FRONT LINE DENTAL TREATMENT TO PRIVATE J.F. PARKER, 2/6 INFANTRY BATTALION (2). ..