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CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. THE ENTRANCE TO HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION. IN THE FOREGROUND IS A 105 JAPANESE GUN WHICH WAS CAPTURED IN THE WEWAK AREA

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. MAJOR J.I. TONGE (1), AND SERGEANT H.G. DAVIS (2), AT THE FIELD DETACHMENT LAND HEADQUARTERS MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT, CARRYING OUT MALARIA PARASITE ..

TAGESSI, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. THE STEELE BRIDGE (NAMED AFTER ITS DESIGNER COLONEL C.S. STEELE) ERECTED OVER THE TAGESSI RIVER BY 11 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TO REPLACE THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. LANCE-CORPORAL R.J. CHAMBERS (1), AND CORPORAL J. STOPFORD (2), MEMBERS OF A SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ATTACHED 3 DIVISION, INSPECTING A MATILDA TANK THAT WAS ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-12. A MORTAR CREW OF D COMPANY, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, CLEANING THEIR WEAPONS WHILE WAITING FOR A REPORT ON ENEMY POSITIONS FROM A PATROL. THE MEN ARE IN A WEAPON PIT IN THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-13. A JEEP AND TRAILER LOADED WITH SIGNALLERS FROM 3 DIVISION SIGNALS AND NATIVE CARRIERS NEGOTIATING A MUDDY SECTION OF THE BUIN ROAD BETWEEN THE OGORATA RIVER AND THE MOBIAI ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-12. LANCE-CORPORAL A.G. DAWSON (1), AND PRIVATE E. YEWDALL (2), MEMBERS OF 42 INFANTRY BATTALION LOOKING AT A JAPANESE MEMORIAL POST ON A GRAVE SOUTH OF THE MOBIAI RIVER. THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-15. PRIVATE F. O'CONNELL, 12 ADVANCED WORKSHOP, COMPETING IN THE SHOT PUTT DURING THE COMBINED ALLIED SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING AT GLOUCESTER OVAL ARRANGED BY ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-14. PRIVATE R.H. HODBY, D COMPANY, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, SPLITTING A LOG TO RE-INFORCE A WEAPON PIT AGAINST JAPANESE SHELLING IN THE COMPANY POSITIONS, WEST OF THE MIVO RIVER

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-14. PRIVATE M. LYE (1), AND PRIVATE C. MUDFORD (2), MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A QUIET PERIOD TO CLEAN THEIR BREN GUN MAGAZINES AT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-15. THE 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION TEAM, WINNERS OF THE TUG OF WAR, AT THE COMBINED ALLIED SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING AT GLOUCESTER OVAL ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-15. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN T. ARGUE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (1), AND CORPORAL J.A. BARTER, 12 ADVANCED WORKSHOP (2), TAKING PART IN THE COMBINED ALLIED SPORTS ..