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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-16. A RECEPTION SET NO.4 (AUSTRALIA) ESTABLISHED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 6TH DIVISION SIGNALS TO RECEIVE FIELD REPORTS

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-24. A NATIVE TOTEM POLE IN USE AS A SIGN POST

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-05. LIEUTENANT P. HUTCHINSON, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (1), IN CONVERSATION WITH MRS V. FISHER, BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT OUTSIDE THE SECTION'S ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-24. IRON GIRDERS RE- INFORCING THE NARROW PENINSULA OF SALAMAUA

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST FIELD REGIMENT, CARRYING NECESSARY SIGNAL GEAR ACROSS A TRIBUTARY OF THE NINAHAU RIVER WHILE MOVING TO BUT

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-19. TROOPS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION CARRYING FULL PACKS, CROSS THE TOROKINA RIVER. MOUNT BAGANA, AN ACTIVE VOLCANO, LIES IN THE DISTANCE

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-19. JEEPS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION BEING TOWED BY A TRACTOR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA OF THE TOROKINA RIVER

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION CROSS THE SWIFT FLOWING NINAHAU RIVER DURING THEIR ADVANCE TO BUT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX44906 LIEUTENANT- COLONEL ..

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-17. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION DURING A REST PAUSE BEFORE CROSSING THE NINAHAU RIVER. NX69030 CORPORAL R.L. SMITH (2), MAINTAINS RADIO CONTACT. IDENTIFIED ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-23. A JAPANESE PRISONER GUARDED BY NGN2 COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR NGAI, OF NO.5 PLANTOON, A COMPANY, NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

TOL PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-14. PERSONNEL OPERATING FROM THE PORT DIRECTORATE, JACQUINOT BAY, SEEK OUT A JAPANESE BARGE WITH BOFORS 40MM ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS ABOARD ML427. PERSONNEL SHOWN ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-21. A TRUCK OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVES ASHORE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT. NATIVES AT THE FOREGROUND ASSIST TO PREVENT THE BARGE BROACHING ..