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YALU, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-03. SAND TABLE EXERCISES IN BATTLE PROCEDURE TAKING PLACE IN THE GENERAL WING OF THE NEW GUINEA TRAINING SCHOOL

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-04. TWO MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH VALOUR MEDALS BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE FOR BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF HEAVY JAPANESE ..

SIPILANGAN, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-27. THE COMMANDING OFFICER'S HOUSE AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT REFUGEE CAMP. IT OVERLOOKS WIDE BAY WITH WAITAVALO IN THE BACKGROUND

YALU, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-03. THE INTERIOR OF THE SCHOOL THEATRE AT THE NEW GUINEA TRAINING SCHOOL. IT MEASURES 100 FEET BY 20 FEET AND HAS SEATING ACCOMMODATION FOR 400

SIPILANGAN, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-27. AN EMANCIATED PICCANINNY IN MOTHER'S ARMS AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WIDE BAY AREA. THEY ARE REFUGEES FROM THE ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-03. A "PIDGIN" ENGLISH CHART USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF NATIVE REGIMENTAL AID POST ORDERLIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-02. LIEUTENANT WOOD PHOTOGRAPHING THE EXTENT OF THE BOGGING OF A MATILDA TANK, WHICH IS TAKING PART IN TRIALS OF THE M24 GENERAL CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK, CONDUCTED FOR ..