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BULOLO, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-17. NATIVES IN THE WAU TOWNSHIP AREA BAGGING WILD PUMPKINS AND CHOKOS, WHICH THEY GATHERED FROM SMALL GARDENS PLANTED BY CIVILIANS BEFORE THE WAR. THE NATIVES ARE ..

WAU AIRSTRIP, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-17. MEMBERS OF 5 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON LOADING VEGETABLES INTO A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT. THE ROAD TO LAE IS OFTEN BLOCKED BY LANDSLIDES SO VEGETABLES ARE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-02. THE ANAESTHETIST (1); SISTER JONES, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (2), AND MAJOR SCOTT (3) AT WORK DURING A MAJOR OPERATION AT 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION

BITAPAKA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-04. MR H. MEEN CHIN, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT CLERK PHOTOGRAPHER, SHOWING HIS CAMERA TO MR T. MOW, HIS WIFE AND BABY GIRL. MR MOW WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE CHINESE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-03. MEMBERS OF 33 PORT OPERATING COMPANY

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AT ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AT ..

DALLMAN HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-04. TROOPS OF 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTENDING A MEMORIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY AND REMEMBRANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIT WHO FELL IN THE ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-30. LIEUTENANT D.R. BLYTON, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1), LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.J.B. MURPHY (2) AND LANCE CORPORAL R.S.G. NESBITT (3) STANDING IN FRONT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-09. SERGEANT A.J. MUNRO, ELECTRICIAN, KOOKAROOS CONCERT PARTY (1) STANDING BY HIS SWITCHBOARD READY TO CONTROL LIGHTING EFFECTS WHILE TECHNICIANS CORPORAL E.J. ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-09. THE AUDIENCE VIEWED FROM THE SIDE OF THE STAGE, DURING THE LAST OF A SERIES OF CONCERTS PLAYED BY THE KOOKAROOS CONCERT PARTY AT 7 RAAF AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ..

SANGAN, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-31. AN EXPEDITION COMPRISING MEMBERS OF 1 MOBILE VETERINARY SURVEY UNIT, CARRIED OUT AN ANIMAL DISEASE SURVEY TOUR IN THE MARKHAM VALLEY, MOUNT HAGEN, RAMU VALLEY AND ..