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SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-15. VX34944 PRIVATE P. E. ROBERT OF NORTHCOTE, VIC, (LEFT) AND VX68711 PRIVATE J. H. MURDOCH OF BALLARAT, VIC, (RIGHT) BOTH OF THE 2/24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TANKS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION MOVING FORWARD FOR THE ATTACK ON SATTELBERG CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION READY TO MOVE OVER THE TOP TO ATTACK JAPANESE POSITIONS ON SATTELBERG. SHOWN ARE: SX7294 SERGEANT H. F. ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. PRESENTATION OF BURLESQUE ON BUTTERFLY HUNTING (A POPULAR PASTIME WITH TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA), BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ..

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. VX82919 PRIVATE L. M. MCDONALD OF MELBOURNE, VIC (LEFT), AND SX15895 PRIVATE C. A. RIDLEY OF ADELAIDE, SA (RIGHT), BOTH OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. A JEEP AND TRAILER CONVOY CONTINUING ALONG THE ROAD FOURTY EIGHT AND A HALF MILES FROM WAU AFTER THE SURFACE HAD BEEN CLEARED FROM A LANDSLIDE BY A D6 ANGLE DOZER ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. A D6 ANGLE DOZER FROM NO.4 PLATOON, 2/1ST MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CLEARING AN EARTH SLIDE FROM THE ROAD

WAU - LAE ROAD, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. ONE OF THE MANY FORDS ON THE ROAD TAKEN AT A POINT 47 MILES FROM WAU

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING FORWARD FOR THE ATTACK ON SATTELBERG BEHIND A TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION

ZENASG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. GRAVEL AT A PIT FIFTY SIX AND THREE QUARTER MILES FROM WAU, DISCOVERED DURING LATRINE EXCAVATIONS. TO DATE 9,000 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. A BULLDOZER WORKING ON AN EXPERIMENTAL ROAD USING A CLAY SEAL OVER SWAMPY BLACK MUD SECTIONS. THE TREES IN THIS HEAVILY TIMERED AREA HAVE BEEN CLEARED WELL BACK FROM ..

ZENAG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-27. THE CAMP SITE OF NO.3 PLATOON, 2/9TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, FIFTY ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILES FROM WAU. TREES AND VINES HAVE BEEN CLEARED TO ALLOW ..