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CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-28. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL N.W.P. FARRELL, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WATCHES HIS MEN BOARDING THE USS MEXICO DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA. IDENTIFIED ..

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING ALONG THE WHARF DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-28. PRIVATE GLEESON, C COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, BOARDING THE USS MEXICO DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA

NX160250 (N185331) Private (Pte) Stanley Herbert Brown (foreground), and NX162028 Pte Thomas Oswald Watson, (behind), members of C Company, 2/4 Infantry Battalion, boarding the USS Mexico during ..

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. PRIVATE S.S. WEBSTER, A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAITING HIS TURN TO MOVE UP THE GANG PLANK DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-30. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP USS MEXICO GOING BELOW TO THEIR LIVING QUARTERS DURING THE MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA OF ELEMENTS ..

AT SEA. 1944-10-27. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY AT A MESS PARADE ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JAMES OLIVER DURING THEIR MOVEMENT TO NEW GUINEA

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-28. SAPPER J. CLAPP, 2/2 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AWAITS EMBARKATION DURING MOVEMENT OF ELEMENTS OF 6 DIVISION TO NEW GUINEA

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-28. PRIVATE "SQUEEZEBOX" N.J. BELLINGHAM, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, AWAITS TO BOARD THE USS MEXICO DURING EMBARKATION FOR NEW GUINEA

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-10-18. LOADING OPERATIONS ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JAMES OLIVER DURING EMBARKATION OF ELEMENTS OF FIRST ARMY TO LAE, NEW GUINEA

CAIRNS, QLD. 1944-10-18. TRANSPORT OF FIRST ARMY IN THE MARSHALLING YARD AT THE WHARF AWAITING EMBARKATION TO NEW GUINEA ABOARD THE LIBERTY SHIP SS JAMES OLIVER

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10. GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING'S HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY