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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-08. TROOPS OF 41 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY BURNING RUBBISH AND BREAKING UP CAMP BEFORE LEAVING FOR BORNEO

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-07. A TRIO USING A UKELELE, AN IMITATION TRUMPHET AND HOME MADE TOM-TOMS PERFORMING FOR A RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE AMENITIES HUT, HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

ILIPEM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-31. MEMBERS OF 11 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THEIR NEWLY ARRIVED MID-YEAR AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND HAMPERS

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-11. CORPORAL A. WILLIAMS, OUTSIDE AN AIR CONDITIONED WARD OF 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-11. LIEUTENANT G.M. DOWNING WEARING AN ARTIFICIAL EYE WHICH WAS FITTED AT 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

ILIPEM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-31. TROOPS OF 10 PLATOON, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTENDING A MESS PARADE AT A KITCHEN IN A FORWARD AREA. ALL FOOD IS DROPPED BY KAI BOMBERS AND OFTEN PREPARED WITH THE ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-11. MAJOR B.J. MAHON, DENTAL OFFICER (1), ASSISTED BY PRIVATE E.C. REILLY, DENTAL ORDERLY (3), GIVING TREATMENT TO E. SMITH (2), AT 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

YAMIL 2, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-01. LIEUTENANT COLONEL F.G. WOOD, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/6 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), DISCUSSING OPERATIONS AND MOVEMENTS ON THE MAP WITH CAPTAIN J.C. WALKER, ADJUTANT (1) ..

YAMIL 2, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-01. LIEUTENANT J.E. MASON, REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER, 2/6 INFANTRY BATTALION, AT WORK. HIS JOB DEALS DAILY WITH DETACHING NATIVES WHO ARE ATTACHED TO THE BATTALION FROM ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-11. COLONEL I.J. WOOD, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL (1) AND CHAPLAIN W.J. FAHY (2), OUTSIDE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT THE HOSPITAL

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-12. AN M24 GENERAL CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK FIRING THREE ROUNDS RAPID AGAINST A BUNKER DURING TRIALS CONDUCTED FOR THE WAR OFFICE. THE FUSE WAS SET AT .05 DELAY

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-02. SISTER S.P. MARTIN (1) AND SISTER S.B.M. BOWMAN (2), WITH A MASCOT BELONGING TO THE SISTERS' MESS, 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. THE CARVED CROCODILE ..