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PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-06-06. CRAFTSMAN R. CRESSWELL, WELDER, 1 INFANTRY TROOPS WORKSHOP PREPARING AN OLD JEEP CHASSIS. HE IS WORKING ON THE 'WILLOW RUN' AN ASSEMBLY ..

PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-06-06. PRIVATE G.C. KENNEDY (1) AND WARRANT OFFICER 2 G.A. SPENCER (2), MEMBERS OF 1 INFANTRY TROOPS WORKSHOP LOWERING A RE-CONDITIONED JEEP ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-05. A GUN CREW OF A TROOP, 1 BATTERY, 2/1 FIELD REGIMENT, RECEIVING THEIR MID-YEAR AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND HAMPERS WHILST STANDING TO IN THEIR GUN PITS AWAITING ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-13. CAPTAIN M.H.M. ARNOTT, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (1), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICER, INSPECTING B COMPANY, 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION DURING HIS ..

YAMIL AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-06. SERGEANT C.H. REGAN (1) AND PRIVATE R.N. SHOESMITH (2), MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, OBSERVING BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT STRIKE ON ULUM RIDGE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (1), TAKING THE SALUTE AT THE MARCH PAST DURING HIS REVIEW OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE AT ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-05. PRIVATE A.L. BEATTIE (1) AND PRIVATE S.L. ATTWELL (2), MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/8 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING THEIR MID-YEAR HAMPERS AT THE UNIT REST CAMP ON ..

YAMIL AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-06. PRIVATE H. DAVIDSON, D COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING ONE OF THE 120 JAPANESE WEAPON PITS ON KUNAI RIDGE. JAPANESE EQUIPMENT AND UNEXPLODED ..

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. PRIVATE E. CHALLINOR, FIELD DETACHMENT LAND HEADQUARTERS MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT, WORKING ON THE CENTRIFUGING OF BLOOD. THE RED AND WHITE CELLS ARE ..

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. OFFICER COMMANDING FIELD DETACHMENT LAND HEADQUARTERS MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT, MAJOR I.C. MACDONALD (1), TAKING A SAMPLE OF BLOOD FROM SAPPER A.H. SMITH, ..

ULEBILUM RIDGE, YAMIL SECTOR, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-08. PRIVATE J.H. PITCHER (1), AND CORPORAL R.R. WOOLLEY (2), MEMBERS OF 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, ESCORTING THREE JAPANESE SOLDIERS WHO HAD ..