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WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. NX160495 DRIVER A.A. RITCHIE (1), AND QX3959 LANCE CORPORAL E.L. MOORE (2), BOTH MEMBERS OF THE 2/34TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, INSPECT THE UNDERCARRIAGES OF JEEPS

WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-24. A 44-VEHICLE CONVOY FROM THE 2/34TH GENERAL TRANSPORT COMPANY LEAVING WAU FOR BULLDOG AT 0700 HOURS TO RETURN BY THE REINHOLD HIGHWAY. TRAVELLING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF ..

WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-23. NATIVE BOYS CUTTING AND BURNING KUNAI GRASS TO CLEAR AN AREA FOR THE NEW REST CAMP AT WAU. THE WORK IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/4TH FIELD SQUADRON

WAU - BULLDOG ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-24. THE REINHOLD HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 6500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL LOOKING TOWARDS WAU, APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES IN THE DISTANCE

WAU - BULLDOG ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-24. THE WAU VALLEY FROM THE FIVE-AND-A-HALF MILE POINT ALONG THE REINHOLD HIGHWAY VIEWED AT ABOUT 7000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, AND JUST BELOW CLOUD LEVEL

THE LANDING OF THE 503RD AMERICAN PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT AT NADZAB ON 1943-09-05. ONE BATTALION IS LANDING IN THE FOREGROUND AND IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND ANOTHER BATTALION RINGED BY SMOKE CAN BE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-08. MEMBERS OF BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MARCH PAST VC20308 MAJOR-GENERAL F.H. BERRYMAN, CBE, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS AT A ..

NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-05. TROOPS CROSSING AT THE MOUTH OF THE BUSO RIVER AFTER THE 9TH DIVISION'S LANDING AT RED BEACH. (RAAF -1664-8)

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-08. VX20308 MAJOR-GENERAL F.H. BERRYMAN, CBE, DSO (1), GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, TAKES THE SALUTE DURING THE MARCH PAST OF THE 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. ..

DUTCH NEW GUINEA. THE ALLIED INVASION CONVOY IN HUMBOLDT BAY, 1944-04-22. (US SIG CORPS)

NEW GUINEA, 1943-09-05. LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. T. LANG'S FORCE OF 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT ENGINEERS, 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN PIONEERS AND PAPUANS CROSSING THE MARKHAM RIVER ON THE WAY TO NADZAB, ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-08. VX10308 MAJOR-GENERAL F.H. BERRYMAN, CBE, DSO, (1), GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, INSPECTING UNITS OF THE 29TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE BRIGADE HAS SEEN ..