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KALAI PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-15. TROOPS OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 13TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, ARRIVING BY AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- WX30094 PRIVATE C.H. BATT ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-20. AB1231 20 TON VESSEL OF THE 42ND LANDING CRAFT SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, (TRANSPORTATION SECTION, WATER TRANSPORT), CARRYING TROOPS OF ..

MEVELO RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-15. MEMBERS OF THE 4TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS LOAD WIRE MESH ON TO A SLEDGE TOWED BY TRACTOR BETWEEN MEVELO AND HENRY REID RIVERS

MALMAL MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-12. VX27 MAJOR- GENERAL A.H. RAMSAY, CBE, DSO, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 5TH DIVISION (1), INSPECTING PERSONNEL OF THE 5TH DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY

KALAI PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-15. THE ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT CARRYING PERSONNEL OF THE 16TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 13TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

RILE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-15. A JEEP FROM THE 28TH MALARIA CONTROL UNIT, ATTACHED TO HEADQUARTERS 5TH DIVISION, WITH VX23821 CORPORAL H.J. WEBSTER DRIVING AND NX115920 CPL C.E. SULLIVAN IN THE ..

WAITAVALO AREA, WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-16. THE SCARRED FEATURES BEHIND WAITAVALO PLANTATION WITH LONE TREE HILL SITUATED AT THE LEFT. ARTILLERY AND AIRCRAFT HAVE PLASTERED THE AREA FOR ..

WAITAVALO AREA, WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-16. A PATROL FROM C COMPANY 19TH INFANTRY BATTALION ABOUT TO HEAD FOR THE RIDGES BEHIND WAITAVALO PLANTATION

QX59985 Lieutenant James Robert Watt, Intelligence Officer, 6th Infantry Brigade (right), getting information from wounded personnel at thehe Advanced Dressing Station of the 6th Field Ambulance, ..

Orderly VX108799 Private Maurice Augustus "Plonk" Hollingsworth, standing, dressing wounded men at the Advanced Dressing Station of the 6th Field Ambulance, Army Medical Corps. The soldier in the ..

DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01. WALKING PATIENTS FROM LAUNCH JETTY, (A COVE JUST NORTH OF FINSCHHAFEN), EN ROUTE TO THE 10TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, DISEMBARKING FROM ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12. THE FLY-PROOF LATRINE AT THE STRIP ADVANCED DRESSING STATION, 10TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS