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SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-06. PRIVATE R.N. ADDISON, DRINKING TEA FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM A PATROL WITH MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION

SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-06. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL N.W.P. FARRELL, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), RETURNING WITH HIS MEN AFTER A DAY'S PATROLLING OF THE DANMAP RIVER AREA ..

SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-06. A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION MEMBERS RETURNING HOME FROM A PATROL ALONG THE DANMAP RIVER. THE COCONUT PALMS WERE DROPPED ACROSS THE TRACK BY JAPANESE ..

SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-06. PRIVATE E.S. DAWE RELAXED WITH TEA AT THE END OF AN A COMPANY, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION PATROL. AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE BATTALION, HE SERVED AS A TRANSPORT ..

ANAMO AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-23. TROOPS OF THE 2/2 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LEVER LOGS INTO POSITION FOR THE ERECTION OF DECK SUPPORTS DURING BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AT AN UNNAMED ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-22. LARGE SCALE MAPS OF THE AREA IN THE BATTLE ROOM AT HQ 6 DIVISION. THE MAPS PROVIDE DETAILS OF EVENTS AMENDED AT 0700 HOURS EACH MORNING

DRINIUMOR RIVER ARA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-23. MAJOR- GENERAL J E S STEVENS, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, (2), ACCOMPANIED BY HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP LIEUTENANT G F TWOHILL, (3), AND MAJOR D G ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-22. EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH THE SUPPLY FLOW TO AUSTRALIAN AND US FORCES. THE PICTURE INCLUDES A CRANE, COMPRESSOR, BULLDOZER AND CATERPILLAR ..

SWAN BEACH, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-10. 2 FIELD AMBULANCE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE ATTENDING A MESS PARADE AT SWAN BEACH

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-13. LITTLE GEORGE HILL FROM GEORGE HILL SHOWING 9 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS IN THE AREA AND INDICATOR STRIPS POSITIONED TO ASSIST AIR STRIKES ON ARTILLERY ..

S8759 Telegraphist (Tel) George Robert (Bob) Dunham, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, working at an Allied Intelligence Bureau Administrative Post on Wunung Plantation. Tel Dunham was a ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-06. 1 INFANTRY TROOP WORKSHOP PERSONNEL ATTENDING A MESS PARADE IN THE AREA. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONNEL REFERENCE PROVISIONAL CAPTION)