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PALMALMAL PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-06-06. SERGEANT D. PARKER (1) AND CRAFTSMAN D. WATTS (2), MEMBERS OF 1 INFANTRY TROOPS WORKSHOP BOLTING A RE-CONDITIONED BODY OF A JEEP ON TO ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. NATIVES IN THE HOLD OF A SHIP POSITIONING HAMPERS FOR SHIPMENT TO OPEN BAY, NEW BRITAIN. THEY ARE MID-YEAR HAMPERS FOR DISTRIBUTION BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-13. MAJOR B.J.F. WRIGHT, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. THE MID-YEAR HAMPERS DISTRIBUTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, LAE DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, ABOUT TO BE LOADED FOR SHIPMENT TO OPEN BAY, NEW BRITAIN

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-05. LANCE-CORPORAL A.N. BRODERICK (1) AND PRIVATE R. COULHARD (2) FORWARD TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION DELVE INTO THE MID-YEAR HAMPERS PROVIDED BY THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (1), ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, INSPECTING HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION, ..

YAMIL AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-06. CORPORAL N.J. HUGHES (1) AND PRIVATE R. MIDDLIN (2), MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, WITH A JAPANESE PRISONER WHO CAME IN UNDER A WHITE FLAG. HE IS ..

YAMIL AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-06. SERGEANT G.T. WILDE, MACHINE-GUN PLATOON, D COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, MANAGING TO DO HIS WASHING AMONGST THE MUD AND SLUSH CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-09. SIGNALWOMAN N.L. EADE, SOLOIST, TAKING PART IN THE 19 LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA SIGNALS REVUE "OVER TO YOU" IT WAS HELD AT THE UNIT'S RECREATION HUT WHICH WAS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-11. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE PRESENT ARMS FOR THE GENERAL SALUTE PRIOR TO INSPECTION BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, AT ..

YAMIL AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-06. PRIVATE J.A. MORTON, 14 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION BESIDE HIS TENT WHICH IS PITCHED ON TOP OF A SHELL CRATER. THIS 15 FOOT HOLE, MADE BY A 500 ..

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-07-11. PRIVATE D. BLADON, FIELD DETACHMENT LAND HEADQUARTERS MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT, PLACING PLASMA IN A REFRIGERATOR, WHERE IT WILL BE KEPT UNTIL THE WEEKLY ..