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RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-29. MEMBERS OF NO.16 AND NO.17 PLATOONS "D" COMPANY, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION REVIVE MEMORIES OF THE PROTHERO FEATURES. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: QX19187 SERGEANT ..

SEVENTEEN MILE, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. A SECTION OF THE SISTER'S MESS AT THE 2/9TH GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE SISTERS CAN STUDY AND WRITE LETTERS

SEVENTEEN MILE, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SISTER' MESS AT THE 2/9TH GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING A REST PERIOD. THE DOG IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE NURSES' MASCOT

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-29. TX703 CAPTAIN OWEN ALFRED CURTIS, OFFICER COMMANDING "D" COMPANY, 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. NX27944 CAPTAIN C.S. MORRISON, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE

SEVENTEEN MILE, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. THE SISTERS' MESS AT THE 2/9TH GENERAL HOSPITAL HAS ALL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. NURSES ARE PICTURED BEING ENTERTAINED IN THE MESS BY ..

SEVENTEEN MILE, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-01. THE SISTERS' MESS AT THE 2/9TH GENERAL HOSPITAL HAS ALL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. NURSES ARE PICTURED BEING ENTERTAINED IN THE MESS BY ..

DALLMAN RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-02-23. THE COMMANDING OFFICER WITH OFFICERS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SX10841 LIEUTENANT L.K. BROMLEY (1); NX3222 LIEUTENANT J.A. ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-02. VX93433 CAPTAIN W.A. DARGIE (1), OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, LECTURING AND DEMONSTRATING PORTRAIT PAINTING USING QX27970 SERGEANT W. ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-04. OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM "A" COMPANY, 1ST PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THE TOTAL COMPANY IS COMPOSED OF 5 OFFICERS, 15 EUROPEAN SERGEANTS, AND 120 ..

NX23901 Sergeant (Sgt) J F Stone (second from left) of Enmore, NSW, leading a section from A Company, 1st Papuan Infantry Battalion, at the start of a patrol. The Papuan Infantry Battalion troops ..

DALLMAN RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-23. MEMBERS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT MANHANDLING A SHORT 25 POUNDER GUN. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX31234 BOMBARDIER P.E. WILKINS (1); VX76190 GUNNER ..