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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3), ACCOMPANIED BY WARRANT OFFICER I MACKENZIE (1) INSPECTING A GUARD OF HONOUR OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (4) SPEAKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE 2/1ST RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION PLATOON MANNING A CATERPILLAR TRACTOR AT THE BEACHHEAD ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. MEMBERS OF B COMPANY, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAY CARDS NEAR THEIR "DOOVER" (SHELTER) UNDER THE WING OF A JAPANESE ZERO AT THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, (2) SPEAKING WITH VX6406 CAPTAIN H.A. COULSTON, 2/8TH INFANTRY BATTALION, (3); DURING AN INSPECTION OF A GUARD OF ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A WRECKED JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRSTRIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX85139 PRIVATE B. BAKER (1); NX126473 ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-23. LORD WAKEHURST, KCMG, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN THE BATTLE ROOM AT HEADQUARTERS 6TH DIVISION INSPECTS PART OF A CAPTURED JAPANESE ANTI- AIRCRAFT RANGE. ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. SX29388 PRIVATE C.E. PUSH, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, RIDES AN ABANDONED JAPANESE CYCLE ALONGSIDE THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE FIGHTER

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. A 25 POUNDER GUN OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, FIRING AT JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE TORRICELLI RANGES OVERLOOKING THE AIRSTRIP

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT FIRING AT A JAPANESE POSITION IN THE AREA IN WHICH LIEUTENANT A. CHOWNE, MM, GAINED HIS VC

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. MEMBERS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION STANDING BESIDE A "DOOVER" (SHELTER) BUILT ON THE FRAME OF A JAPANESE TRAILER ON THE AIRSTRAIP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. PERSONNEL OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION ALONGSIDE THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE ZERO. NOTE THE "DOOVER" (SHELTER), CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE WING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. LADY WAKEHURST (1), INSPECTING THE HAD CRAFTS SECTION OF THE RED CROSS RECREATION HUT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- NX120959 CORPORAL C. HEATHERFIELD (2), RED CROSS FIELD ..