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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-30. TROOPS OF 9 INFANTRY BATTALION DRYING THEIR CLOTHES WITH THE AID OF A FIRE BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUAL RAIN. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE G.I. STEWART (1); SERGEANT E. ..

Troops of 9 Infantry Battalion line up in mud for mess parade along the Hatai Track. Identified in the line are (left to right): QX59206 Private (Pte) G A Voight, Qld (in back); QX37924 Pte S C ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. PRIVATE L. LOBB (1), TAKING HER FIRST GLIMPSE OF NEW GUINEA, FROM THE MV DUNTROON BEFORE DISEMBARKATION. PRIVATE M.J. REID (2), AND PRIVATE S. REILLY (3), ARE IN THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL WAVING TO TROOPS ON THE SHORE DURING DISEMBARKATION FROM THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE EN ROUTE TO THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. HEADING FOR THE SHORE, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE WAVE FROM THE LANDING BARGE TO THEIR SHIPMATES STILL ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. HEADING FOR THE SHORE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE WAVE FROM THE LANDING BARGE TO THEIR SHIPMATES STILL ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. TROOPS AND AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE WHO TRAVELLED TOGETHER ON THE MV DUNTROON FROM AUSTRALIAN SAYING GOOD-BYE BEFORE DISEMBARKATION AT MILFORD HAVEN. THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT F. BROWN, SHIP'S ADJUTANT, MV DUNTROON (1), GIVING LAST MINUTE DISEMBARKATION INSTRUCTIONS TO CAPTAIN L.D. CRANE (2), AND WARRANT OFFICER R.M. LAIRD (3). A ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE ON THE RAIL OF THE MV DUNTROON BEFORE DISEMBARKATION. THEY ARE EN ROUTE TO THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS AT ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. SAPPERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD TALKING TO SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AFTER THEY HAD SETTLED ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. PRIVATE E.F. DODD (1), AND SERGEANT A.E.G. LAWSON (2), COMING DOWN THE GANGWAY WHILE DISEMBARKING FROM THE MV DUNTROON. THE DUNTROON CARRIED A GROUP OF 342 AUSTRALIAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL FORMING UP OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 342 ..