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SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-15. MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU PATROL INTERROGATING NATIVE WOMEN OF THE SAMILON VILLAGE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. A NATIVE ASSISTANT OF THE 2/1ST MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT DROPPING UNITED STATES ARMY WATER BOTTLES INTO A STAGNANT POOL. THESE WATER BOTTLES ARE FITTED WITH ..

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-16. TROOPS OF "A" COMPANY, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION RELAXING AND ENJOYING A CUP OF TEA WHILE ON THE TRACK BETWEEN SAMPUN AND KALAMPUN. FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 19 ..

CAMP TAMKAIDAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. NATIVE TROOPS OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU (AIB) DURING THE MORNING PARADE FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER'S INSPECTION. MAN BILOG BUSH. ALL AIB TRAINED ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-17. A CLOSE-UP OF THE MODEL "L" SPRAY GUN USED BY A PERSONNEL OF THE 19TH MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT AND THE 2/1ST MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT WHEN SPRAYING STAGNANT ..

TAMKAIDAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. SERGEANT MARTIN POIRIRI, VETERAN ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU SOLDIER SHOWING A YOUNG NATIVE LAD FROM A NEARBY VILLAGE HIS OWEN GUN

SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-16. VX131363 CORPORAL G.B. BELL (1); AND VX117507 PRIVATE R. MARTIN (2) OF THE 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING OUTWARD MAIL FOR DESPATCH TO AUSTRALIA AT THE ..

Troops of B Company, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion loading stores and supplies on to a landing craft mechanised for transport to Sampun with the help of some natives. Identified personnel are: ..

KALAMPUN VILLAGE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-16. VX117113 CAPTAIN E.B. SINCLAIR, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE (1) AND SX1065 LIEUTENANT S.M. LAMSHED, OFFICERS OF "A" COMPANY, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING ..

SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-16. NX92 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W.B. CALDWELL, MC, COMMANDING OFFICER, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION

TAMKAIDAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-15. AN ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU PATROL, IN CHARGE OF QX4869 LIEUTENANT J. SAMPSON, SETTING OUT FROM THE UNIT HEADQUARTERS

SAMPUN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-14. NGX8 CAPTAIN B. FAIRFAX-ROSS, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU FIELD PARTY, SOUTH COAST, NEW BRITAIN. CAPTAIN FAIRFAX-ROSS WAS A PLANTATION INSPECTOR FOR BURNS, PHILP AND ..