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KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. SERGEANT GEORGE DOSSEY, OF CALIFORNIA (1), AND CORPORAL CHESTER KILMECK, OF PENNSYLVANIA (2), MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, LAUGHINGLY UNTANGLE THEMSELVES ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. ALLIED TROOPS BARRACKING VARIOUS UNIT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION BEACH CARNIVAL

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. NX3130 LANCE-BOMBARDIER R.H. DAGLE (1) WON THE GREASY POLE CONTEST ON HITTING THE GROUND A SECOND AFTER WX40205 PRIVATE F. PUTRINO (2). THIS CONTEST WAS ORGANISED ..

TWO AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS) SISTERS, AND A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) ATTENDING A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AT THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-02-25. VX123484 SERGEANT N.B. STUCKEY, PHOTOGRAPHER, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (1) PICTURED WITH AN AMERICAN CAMERAMAN (2)

AT SEA. 1943-03-03. A JAPANESE TRANSPORT ON FIRE DURING THE BISMARCK SEA BATTLE, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A BEAUFIGHTER OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF, PILOTED BY 260353 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. UREN. (FILM STILL)

PORTRAIT OF VX112186 LIEUTENANT JOHN EVANS, 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT THE TAKING OF OLD VICKERS POSITION, BOBDUBI RIDGE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-07-28, AGED 28. (DONOR: W.H. ..

PROTHERO 2 AREA, FARIA RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-16. COOKS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: V122095 PRIVATE A.T. BONNEY (1); QX55356 PRIVATE A. ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-16. VX40197 LIEUTENANT J.A. WATSON (3), 2/6TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY, RECEIVES ATTENTION TO HIS FOOT FROM VFX65915 SISTER M.L. LLOYD (2) IN THE ..

CAM'S SADDLE, FINISTERRE RANGE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-16. MR. JOHN SCARLETT, A WAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE "SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" PLOUGHING THROUGH MUD ON CAM'S SADDLE BETWEEN CRATER HILL AND ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-19. VFX65915 SISTER M.L. LLOYD (1) WITH NFX70518 SISTER M.M. OLLIFFE (2) AND NFX281 SISTER THUMPSTON (3) SISTER-IN-CHARGE OF THE OFFICER'S WARD, ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-19. THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFICERS' WARD AT THE 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHICH CONTAINS 60 BEDS