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BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-07. TROOPER K. LAMONT (1), WITH TPR J. BRODERICK (2), MEMBERS OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON PATROL, ESTABLISHING HQ AT AN OLD ABANDONED JAPANESE 75 MM GUN POSITION

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. TROOPER G. MARTIN, 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. HQ 6 DIVISION AREA SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 4 - 5 MILES FROM THE MAIN AITAPE BEACH. THE GENERAL OFFICER'S COMMANDING MESS IS BUILT AT THE EDGE OF THE BEACH

BABIANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-06. THE SQUADRON HQ, 2/10 COMMANDO SQN SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES FROM AITAPE

AT SEA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-10-30. THE AITAPE AREA AS FIRST SEEN BY UNITS OF 6 DIVISION AND MEMBERS OF HQ 6 DIVISION AS THE AMERICAN TROOPSHIP MEXICO MOVES IN. THIS PHOTOGRAPH JOINS 83901 SHOWING ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-01. HQ 6 DIVISION SITE IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED AREA 4 - 5 MILES SOUTH OF AITAPE

BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-18. A JAPANESE SERGEANT, CAPTURED BY THE 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON AT SUAIN IN A WEAKENED CONDITION, RECEIVES AN ESCORT TO ALLIED TRANSLATOR INTERROGATION SECTION ..

BABIANG AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-19. A MEMBER OF 2/10 COMMANDO SQUADRON EXAMINES A FLARE. THE SMOKE GIVES WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED APPROXIMATION TO A BEAUFORT BOMBER PILOT OF 100 SQUADRON, RAAF, ..

AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-12. MEMBERS OF 135 BRIGADE WORKSHOP MANHANDLING STORES FROM WORK TRUCKS SOON AFTER ARRIVAL IN THE AREA

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-13. LIEUTENANT E.M. MURRAY (1); LT F.M. TURNER (2); LT D. BOWER (3); MEMBERS OF 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, 6 DIVISION, BEING ASSISTED FROM AN AMPHIBIOUS DUKW VEHICLE ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11-17. A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, 19 INFANTRY BRIGADE, CROSS THE NIGIA RIVER IN MOVEMENT TO THE DRINIUMOR RIVER TO AN ADVANCED POSITION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

AITAPE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-11. TROOPS OF 22 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USE WATER PRESSURE TO DRIVE PILES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY BETWEEN ..