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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-09. SIGNS ERECTED AT THE MAWARAKA ROAD JUNCTION ON THE MOSIGETTA ROAD IN THE AREA CONTROLLED BY HEADQUARTERS, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-06. NATIVES PULLING ON A QUARTER LINE ATTACHED TO A LANDING BARGE WHICH IS TRYING TO LAND SUPPLIES AT THE NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE AT TOKO. OWING TO ..

RILE AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-06. 25 POUNDER GUNS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT, BEING MOVED FROM RILE TO THE KALAI PLANTATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT ATTACK ON THE ENEMY POSITIONS. SEEN IS:- ..

RIFE AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-06. SOME OF THE 280 AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE CARRIERS MOVING THROUGH THE VILLAGE AFTER EVACUATING THEIR FORWARD CAMP WHICH WAS SUBJECTED TO A ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. TROOPS OF THE 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION PUSHING AN IMPROVISED RAFT (WIRE MESH AND A TENT FLY) ACROSS THE PURIATA RIVER WHILE TRANSPORTING A TANK ATTACK GUN TO A ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11. PRIVATE R. BEHRENS AND PRIVATE R.B. SULLIVAN WITH A TRAY OF CAKES AT ONE OF THE IMPROVISED OVENS AT THE CAMP OF THE 10TH FIELD AMBULANCE

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. V507468 PRIVATE I. COOPER (1) AND NX155417 CORPORAL F. FEATHERBE (2), 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION, REPAIRING A JAPANESE BICYCLE WHICH THEY FOUND IN A DESERTED ENEMY ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-11. A BOOKMAKER CALLING THE ODDS DURING THE AQUATIC CARNIVAL OF THE NEW BRITAIN YACHT CLUB, 5TH BASE SUB AREA

KALAI PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-07. A CRUDE LOOKING BUT VERY EFFECTIVE HOT WATER SYSTEM DESIGNED AND MADE BY VX147321 PRIVATE W.E. SLADE (1) FOR USE AT THE 6TH FIELD AMBULANCE

KALAI PLANTATION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-06. PERSONNEL OF THE 6TH FIELD AMBULANCE PREPARING ONE OF THE UNIT AMBULANCE JEEPS FOR EVACUATION DUTY IN THE FORWARD AREA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX133769 ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-03-08. NX91097 LANCE CORPORAL E.R. JOHNSON (1) AND NX133745 L. CPL N.T. HALPIN (2), 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING A NEWLY ERECTED ROAD SIGN AT THE BARARA ROAD ..

LAUNCH JETTY, NEW GUINEA: 1944-01. A PATIENT BEING UNLOADED FROM AN AMBULANCE JEEP OF THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION, LAUNCH JETTY, 10TH FIELD AMBULANCE