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BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-13. MAJOR- GENERAL W BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION, (9), SPEAKS WITH MEMBERS OF A 9 INFANTRY BATTALION PATROL LED BY LIEUTENANT G F B ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-06. CRAFTSMAN W.P. SENIOR, (1), AND SERGEANT A.F.H. CHALKER, (2), 1 INFANTRY TROOP WORKSHOP MEMBERS, RAISE A JAPANESE BARGE FROM THE KULMALALGI RIVER. THE BARGE ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1944-12-10. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (11), INSPECTING THE GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED BY NO.22 PLATOON, F ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. A SECTION OF THE CONVOY IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY VIEWED FROM HMAS WESTRALIA

SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-09. CAPTAIN A.R. TOLMER, NEW GUINEAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AT BATTALION HQ, 2/4 INFANTRY BN. AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE 2/22 INF BN CAPTURED DURING THE JAPANESE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-08. 5 AND 11 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS TROOPS, WINCHING A BOGGED BULLDOZER TO A TREE AT ITS REAR. THE TREE SUBSEQUENTLY FELL ON THE DOZER ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-12-11. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (1), WITH MAJOR-GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, (2), AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ..

SWAN BEACH, JACQUINOT BAY. NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-10. PRIVATE H. ALEXANDER, 16 INFANTRY BATTALION, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A HUT CONSTRUCTED FROM BANANA LEAVES AND COCONUT FRONDS WITHIN THE ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE QUARTERS OF THE FIELD PARK STORES SECTION ATTACHED TO THE 126 BRIGADE WORKSHOP. THE UNIT IS WORKING AT ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-12-11. OFFICERS AND NCOS OF THE 126 BRIGADE ORDNANCE FIELD PARK. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- WARRANT OFFICER II, W.S. TINDALE, (1); CAPTAIN J.E. KNOX, (2); SERGEANT ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1944-12-11. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AMONG SENIOR OFFICERS AT AN AIRSTRIP WITHIN HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS ..

SWAN BEACH, JACQUINOT BAY. NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-10. BATTALION HEADQUARTERS, 11 INFANTRY BATTALION, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, 5 DIVISION AT THE UNIT CAMP AREA NEAR THE WUNUNG RIVER