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LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. SIGNALWOMAN N. HUMPHRIES, WIRELESS OPERATOR (1), WORKING IN THE WIRELESS ROOM, SIGNALS, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE TAKING ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. SIGNALWOMAN H.G. MALDON, SIGNAL CLERK (1), CARRYING A BATCH OF SIGNALS FOR DISPATCH. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE TAKING OVER THEIR NEW DUTIES IN ORDER ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE CIPHER OPERATORS WORKING IN THE CIPHER ROOM, SIGNALS, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE TAKING OVER ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-11. TROOPS OF 25 INFANTRY BATTALION (A.I.F.) ON PARADE PRIOR TO AN INSPECTION BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY

FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, C 1943. WAR ARTIST ROY HODGKINSON AT WORK ON A DRAWING. (DONOR: R. HODGKINSON)

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-10. CAPTAIN C.T. COLQUOHN, 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY (1), SHOWING LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (2), THE WORKING OF A JAPANESE LATHE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. SIGNALMAN M. ATTERY, SIGNAL CLERK AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY, LEARNS THE ROUTINE OF HER NEW JOB. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE TAKING OVER THEIR NEW ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-11. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (3), ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.G. MCKINNA (1), AND LIEUTENANT J. CHESTERTON, ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. CORPORAL M.I. MASON, WORKING IN GENERAL BRANCH AND INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA, EXAMINING A MAP IN THE MAP ROOM. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-18. PERSONNEL FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS ON AN ARMY AMENITIES TOUR AROUND THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL FROM AUSTRALIA. THEY ARE CLIMBING THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-18. PERSONNEL FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE BARRACKS VIEW LAE HARBOUR FROM THE WATER TOWER ON TOP OF MOUNT LUNAMAN DURING AN ARMY AMENITIES TOUR AROUND THE AREA ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05-16. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE RECEIVING TUITION IN THEIR NEW JOBS AT GENERAL BRANCH AND INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA. AUSTRALIAN ..