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SOUTHPORT, QLD. 1944-01-18. MATILDA AND GENERAL GRANT TANKS OF THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE FIRING SMALL CALIBRE WEAPONS DURING A DEMONSTRATION STAGED FOR A CONTINGENT OF NEW GUINEA POLICE BOYS WHO ARE ..

DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-11. THE CENTRAL WIRELESS TELEPHONE RECEIVING HUT OF THE 7TH DIVISION SIGNALS, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE NO. 4 AUSTRALIAN RECEIVERS

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-25. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE MEN'S MESS AT HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION DURING THE CHRISTMAS DINNER

FARIA RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-20. SMOKE RISING FROM JAPANESE POSITIONS ACROSS MAIN CREEK, AFTER A STRIKE BY ALLIED MITCHELL BOMBERS

DONADABU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. A COMPANY, 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ASSAULTING THE OBJECTIVE AND CONSOLIDATING THEIR POSITIONS ON THE FINAL ATTACK DURING A COMBINED EXERCISE WITH ..

POM POM VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-30. 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, MARCHING OFF THE SHOWGROUND AFTER AN INSPECTION BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, QX6008 LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. C. F. BOURNE. ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-07. BINS IN THE ORDNANCE STORE OF THE NO. 3 SUB DEPOT, 10TH AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED ORDNANCE DEPOT

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-29. OFFICES AND STORE ROOMS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE 43RD FIELD ORDNANCE DEPOT

KILA KILA, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-25. A RORO TRIBESMAN, OANE, SON OF OA, COMMENTS APPROVINGLY ON A PAINTING OF A FELLOW TRIBESMAN BY VX93433 CAPTAIN W. A. DARGIE, WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY ..

KOKODA TRAIL, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. MEN OF THE 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING TO THE LOCATION POINT IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES FOR THE FILMING OF SEQUENCES FOR THE "RATS OF TOBRUK" BY ..

UBERI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. NATIVE CARRIERS TAKING SUPPLIES TO THE "FRONT LINE" ON THE KOKODA TRAIL IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES DURING THE FILMING OF SEQUENCES FOR THE PRODUCTION, "RATS OF ..

KILA KILA, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-25. KEREMA BOYS EXECUTING A DANCE AT THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVE LABOUR CAMP. THE DANCERS WEAR LONG TRAILS OF GRASS AND FLOWERS, ..