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WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-21. MEMBERS OF 18 JAPANESE ARMY WADING THROUGH THE SURF TO THE BARGE FOR MOVEMENT TO THE CONCENTRATION AREA ON MUSCHU ISLAND. THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN SEARCHED AT A ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. A MEMBER OF 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON WORKING ON INTER-ROW CULTIVATION OF YOUNG WATERMELONS BY TRACTOR AND DISC HARROW. THIS CROP GROWS PARTICULARLY WELL GIVEN DRY ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. THE CLOSE UP OF A MOBILE PUMP IN USE AT 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON. IT SHOWS THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FITTED WITHIN THE CHASSIS MEMBERS OF AN OLD FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE 3-TON ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. A BANANA TREE AT 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON SHOWING REMARKABLE GROWTH AND WHICH IS BEARING FRUIT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER BEING TRANSPLANTED

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. A MEMBER OF 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON PLOUGHING THE NATURAL KUNAI GRASS COUNTRY TO MAKE NEW GROUND. AFTER THREE PLOUGHINGGS THE GRASS IS COMPLETELY ERADICATED AND ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. THE PACKING SHED AT 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON SHOWING NATIVES PACKING FROM A BENCH OF TOMATOES. UP TO SEVEN TONS PER ACRE ARE OBTAINED FROM A GROUP CROP WITH ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE FARM OPERATED BY 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF NATIVE LABOUR. (JOINS NO. 97129 & 97130.)

MALAGUNA ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-21. THE ADVANCE PARTY OF AN INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION UNIT WHICH HAVE JUST FLOWN FROM AUSTRALIAN TO ORGANISE THE REPATRIATION OF INDIAN PRISONERS ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-21. A FAREWELL DINNER HELD IN THE SERGEANTS' MESS, 2/7 ADVANCED WORKSHOP, TO MARK THE UNIT'S CHANGE-OVER WITH 2/1 ADVANCED WORKSHOP. THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF BOTH ..

MALAGUNA ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-21. JAPANESE TROOPS HARD AT WORK CLEARING SCRUB IN 28 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA. THESE WORKING PARTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARING AUSTRALIAN CAMP SITES AND WORKING ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-25. A JAPANESE WORKING PARTY UNLOADING CASES OF BEER WHICH WILL BE ISSUED TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE ISSUING POINT IN A FEW DAYS

THE GRAVE OF CAPTAIN BRIAN COLDEN ANTILL POCKLEY, THE FIRST MEDICAL OFFICER KILLED IN THE 1914-18 WAR, IN THE RABAUL CEMETERY. MANY HEADSTONES IN THE AIF SECTION OF THE RABAUL CEMETERY WERE BROKEN ..