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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3) ABOARD AN AMERICAN LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK), FERRYING SUPPLIES FROM SHIPS ANCHORED OFF-SHORE, WATCHES ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION ALONGSIDE THEIR "DOOVERS" (SHELTERS) BESIDE ABANDONED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ENGINES ON THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (1), EXAMINING AMMUNITION ABOARD AN AMERICAN LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK)

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. VX102 MAJOR J.A.R.K. STRONG, 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, INTERROGATING AN INDIAN RESCUED FROM THE JAPANESE IN THE WONGINALA MISSION AREA SOUTH OF DAGUA

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NX15264 SERGEANT H.A. MARTIN (1), AMONG MEMBERS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, TENDS A BATTLE CASUALTY ON A STRETCHER. THE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLY VX115958 ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NX135588 PRIVATE G.E. PORTER (1), AND VX15648 PTE M. LISTER (2), EXAMINE AN ABANDONED JAPANESE WATER CART AT THE AIRSTRIP

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LADY WAKEHURST (2), ACCOMPANIED BY SX1471 MAJOR N.P. WILSON, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE OF THE WARD (1), SPEAKS WITH VX12847 SAPPER G.W. MCKINNEY (3), DURING HER VISIT TO NO.3 ..

BOUGAINVILLE PURIATA RIVER. 1945-03-23. PERSONNEL OF THE 11TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, IMMUNISING A PICCANINNY AGAINST YAWS DURING THE TREATMENT OF EVACUATED WOMEN AND ..

TOKO, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), ACCOMPANIED BY N445244 CAPTAIN A.M. SINCLAIR, OFFICER COMMANDING POLICE TRAINING DEPOT, ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LADY WAKEHURST, TALKS TO A NATIVE CHILD IN THE ARMS OF ITS MOTHER DURING A VISIT TO THE FAMILIES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABLULARY

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDER, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (6), AT HEADQUARTERS 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, INDICATES POSITIONS TO VX1 GENERAL ..