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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-22. STAFF-SERGEANT D. LENTHOLL, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE, SHOWING QUITE A LOT OF TALENT WHEN SHE GAVE THE LAE BASE ORCHESTRA DRUMMER A REST DURING THE MASKED ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-22. SUPPER TIME AT THE MASKED MYSTERY BALL HELD AT NO. 3 SERGEANT'S MESS, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

NANTAMBU, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-22. LIEUTENANT A.C. URQUHART, EMPLANING OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION CHECKS TROOPS AS THEY MOVE TO A LAUNCH, DURING TRANSPORTATION OF THE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-22. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION, COMING ASHORE AT A CATALINA BASE AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM NANTAMBU. THE BATTALION WAS AIRLIFTED BACK TO ..

NANTAMBU, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-22. CORPORAL R. MORTON, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION STANDING BESIDE THE GRAVE OF A MEMBER OF HIS SECTION KILLED IN A JAPANESE CLASH AT COOPER'S CLEARING. THE GRAVES, ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-22. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION, AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM NANTAMBU IN LESS THAN AN HOUR BY ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE CATALINA AIRCRAFT. THEY ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-23. MEMBERS OF GENERAL STAFF (OPERATIONS), HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

Lae area, New Guinea, 1945-08-23. Unidentified members of Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Australian Army Air Photo Interpretation Unit and Army Field Security Group, Intelligence Corps, ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-23. THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE STATION BAND PLAYING BETWEEN RACES AT THE VICTORY CUP RACE MEETING HELD ON THE AIRSTRIP USING WOODEN HORSES CONTROLLED BY THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. SPECIAL PARADE OF B CORPS SIGNALS WHICH WON BOTH THE LOCAL CRICKET AND AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS HELD IN 2 CORPS AREA. THE UNIT WAS INSPECTED BY ..

BRISTOL BEAUFORT, BELIEVED A9-551, OF NO 8 SQUADRON, RAAF, AFTER COMPLETING A BOMBING MISSION IN THE WEWAK AREA OF THE NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA. WEWAK CAPE JUST SHOWS IN THE CENTRE LEFT OF THE ..

NANTAMBU, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-22. A ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE CATALINA CREW RELAXING WHILE 37/52ND INFANTRY TROOPS EMPLANE. THE BATTALION WAS AIRLIFTED BACK TO JACQUINOT BAY. THE CATALINAS MADE ..