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TOKO-BARARA ROAD, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-28. TROOPS OF THE 15TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USE A BULLDOZER TO FILL A TRUCK FROM A "CHINAMAN" CONTAINING TOP DRESSING ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA DURING HIS VISIT TO ..

BUT AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-26. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY MAJOR AND MILITARY OBSERVER ABOARD THE RAN VESSEL HMAS SWAN SEARCHING OUT THE TARGET AREA DURING A BOMBARDMENT OF THE JAPANESE POSITIONS IN THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-26. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), IN DISCUSSION WITH TX2002 ..

HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-22. TROOPS OF B COMPANY, 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, TAKING OVER FROM THE TROOPS OF C COMPANY IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY BARGES

TOKO-BARARA ROAD, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-28. TIP- TRUCKS FROM THE 15TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, UNLOAD TOP DRESSING TO COVER CORDUROY ON THE ROAD SURFACE FORMED BY ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLAND. 1945-03-26. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS CROSS THE PURIATA RIVER ON THE OLD MCKINNA BRIDGE TO RECORD THE VISIT OF VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, ..

KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-22. THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME DESTROYED IN A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY CARRIED OUT BY RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES NEAR KOKODA

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-28. A PLASTICINE MODEL OF THE ANUMB RIVER BUT AREA. SCALE 1- 25000" MADE BY PERSONNEL OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE MODEL WAS ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-02-28. A PLASTICINE MODEL OF THE ANUMB RIVER BUT AREA. SCALE 1- 25000" MADE BY PERSONNEL OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 19TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE MODEL WAS ..

KAKAKOG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-27. A TYPICAL NATIVE LABOURER WORKING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT

SATTELBERG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-06. THE COASTLINE NEAR THE SATTELBERG AREA. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FOR USE BY VX76415 LIEUTENANT R.B. EWERS, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION