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NADZAB, NEW GUINEA, 1945-04-22. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), TALKING TO BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH DEPUTY ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W.E. HOLMES, OFFICER COMMANDING TROOPS ABOARD THE MV DUNTROON (3), RECEIVING DECK REPORTS FROM B DECK AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE SERGEANTS. THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL, SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD, MAKING BEDSIDE MATS BY SPLITTING HESSIAN BAGS IN TWO AND ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-07. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL M.J. SPENCER, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (1), HELPING AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE OFFICERS WITH THEIR BAGGAGE. A GROUP ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. PRIVATE R. BENSLEY (1) AND PRIVATE G.P. BIRRELL (2), PAINTING BEDSIDE STOOLS AFTER SETTLING IN AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS BARRACKS IN BUTIBUM ROAD. THEY ARE MEMBERS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-02. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE FLOATING BOAT EQUIPMENT BRIDGE OVER THE LAGOON ON THE MOTUPENA POINT - TOKO ROAD, CONSTRUCTED BY 5 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-08. NF444296 LANCE CORPORAL Norma Lillian TAYLOR (1), DIGGING IN HER GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE SLEEPING QUARTERS SHORTLY AFTER HER ARRIVAL AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AWAS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-02. SIGNALMEN OF 4 LINE SECTION, B CORPS SIGNALS LAYING SIGNAL WIRE ALONG THE MOTUPENA POINT - TOKO ROAD ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF NORTH OF OKO. THE LINE WILL FORM PART OF THE ..

SORAKEN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. THE MEN'S AND SERGEANTS' MESS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-02. SAPPER H.C. LEE (1), TYING PILES. HE IS WATCHED BY SAPPER A.R. HORN (2). THE MEN, MEMBERS OF 13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ARE WORKING ON THE ..

WIDE BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-05-09. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY FILING INTO THE GARRISON CHAPEL FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-02. SIGNALMEN OF 4 LINE SECTION, B CORPS SIGNALS LAYING OUT COPPER SIGNAL WIRE FROM REELS IN THE BACK OF A 3 TONNER ALONG THE MOTUPENA POINT - TOKO ROAD ABOUT A MILE AND A ..