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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. CORPORAL J. HARRIS (1), AND SERGEANT J. GARRETT (3), AT SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY, RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM WARRANT OFFICER 2 P.B. COTTERILL (2), ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. PRIVATE M.A. O'BRIEN (1), AND PRIVATE M. CAMERON (2), AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY WORKING ON PROVISIONING OF RATIONS FOR THE AREA. A FEW DAYS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL FROM ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. PRIVATE E.M. WALKER (1), TAKING DICTATION FROM CAPTAIN T.M. SHANNON (2), INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. A FEW DAYS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL FROM AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. CORPORAL M. HARVEY (1), TAKING DICTATION FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL K. DAWSON (2), THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, A BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. A FEW DAYS AFTER ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. PRIVATE E. PECK (2), AND PRIVATE M.E. NEGAS (3), HANDLING INWARD AND OUTWARD CORRESPONDENCE AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. PRIVATE L.A. STATON (1) IN BACKGROUND. A FEW ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. PRIVATE L.T. TOOHEY (2), CHECKING WEEKLY REPORTS WITH SERGEANT N. GOLDENSTEDT (1), DURING STAFF DUTIES AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. A FEW DAYS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL FROM ..

NEW BRITAIN. 1945-05-01. TROOPS OF 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION WERE FERRIED BY BARGE FROM THE AK82, TO WIDE BAY; OPEN BAY ON THE NORTH COAST IS THEIR DESTINATION

LAE, NEW GUINEA. WW2. SISTER COLLEEN RYAN (R) AND SISTER MOLLY GOBBARD (L) OF THE FIRST MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION TRANSPORT UNIT (NO. 1 MAETU) IN TROPICAL UNIFORM

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-11. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL D.H. DWYER (2), LIEUTENANT GENERAL F.H. ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-11. NATIVE RECRUITS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIMENT ENGAGED IN A PHYSICAL TRAINING COURSE DURING A VISIT TO THE UNIT BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-11. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), BEING GREETED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL M.J. SPENCER, ASSISTANT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-07. SERGEANT B.F. ERNST (1), AND SERGEANT A.M. BOWMAN (2), TAILORS AT 4 SECTION OFFICERS' SHOP, SEWING UNIFORMS BY HAND