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TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP "VAN HEUTSZ" IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA AFTER A LONG TOUR OF DUTY IN NEW ..

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE PROCEEDING DOWN THE GANGWAY OF THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" ON THEIR RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM NEW GUINEA

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

FINISTERRE RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-23. PERSONNEL OF NO. 7 BATTERY, 2/4TH FIELD REGIMENT POUNDING JAPANESE POSITIONS WITH 25 POUNDERS IN THE LAKES AREA

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. WALKING WOUNDED OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION MAKING THEIR WAY BACK TO THE ADVANCED REGIMENTAL AID POST FROM THE FIGHTING ON MOUNT PROTHERO

TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/28TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PROCEEDING DOWN THE GANGWAY OF THE TROOPSHIP, "VAN HEUTSZ" ON THEIR RETURN HOME FROM NEW GUINEA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

FARIA RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-11. NATIVE CARRIERS, LOADED WITH RATIONS AND AMMUNITION FOR NO. 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION CROSSING THE FARIA RIVER JUST ABOVE GUY'S POST

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-01-28. PERSONNEL OF THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP "VAN HEUTSZ" IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO LAND IN AUSTRALIA AFTER A LONG TOUR OF DUTY IN NEW ..

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-22. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE MV "FRANCES PEAT" WHICH IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ARMED BEFORE BEING PUT INTO SERVICE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SMALL SHIPS SECTION IN NEW GUINEA WATERS

1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES INSPECTING A NEW AMPHIBIOUS JEEP AT THE FACTORY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY

CANNING'S SADDLE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-21. STRETCHER BEARERS BRINGING WOUNDED OF THE 2/12TH INFANTRY BATTALION THROUGH THICK JUNGLE TO THE ADVANCED REGIMENTAL AID POST DURING THE ACTION ON MOUNT ..

1944-01-26. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT NATIVES INSPECTING A NEW AMPHIBIOUS JEEP AT THE FACTORY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY