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BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT EMBARKED ..

BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT EMBARKED ..

OFF BORAM BEACH, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-13. THE FIRST BATCH OF TROOPS TO LEAVE THE WEWAK AREA UNDER THE PRIORITY DEMOBILISATION SCHEME WERE MEMBERS OF 6 DIVISION. SHOWN, TROOPS ALREADY EMBARKED ON ..

BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT EMBARKED ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-01. GUNNERS OF NO. 12 BATTERY, 4TH FIELD REGIMENT MANDHANDLING THEIR 25 POUNDER GUNS INTO POSITION ON BENCHES CUT OUT OF THE SIDE OF A HILL ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE ..

[Woman and child, Papua New Guinea, 1963?]

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-30. TX2002 BRIGADIER J. FIELD, DSO, ED, COMMANDING, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (2) ACCOMPANIED BY SX1442 LIEUTENANT COLONEL G.R. MATTHEWS, COMMANDING OFFICER, ..

[Woman and child, Papua New Guinea, 1963?]

Papuan women carrying firewood,1958

Kokoda Memorial, 1959?

Hamlet on Buka Island, near Sohano, [Papua New Guinea, 1963?]

Aerial view of Western Highlands