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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-22. DONOR CARDS FROM PILLAGED AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND PARCELS

JABA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-18. D COMPANY, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS CARRYING STORES AND AMMUNITION FROM A BARGE AT THE SOUTH BANK OF THE RIVER DURING THEIR MOVEMENT ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-21. SAPPER A L HANNAHAN, 2/3 FORESTRY COY, SHARPENING AND SETTING A CIRCULAR SAW AT THE BUSU MILL

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-22. SAPPER D. GORDON, ARTIST AND EDITOR OF BARGING ON, THE UNIT'S UNOFFICIAL ORGAN, AT WORK ON HIS CHRISTMAS POSTERS. HIS MAGAZINE RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT REVIEW IN "SMITH'S ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-17. THE 12 SMALL SHIP COMPANY CRAFT AM 10 DOCKED FOR REPAIR AT HERZOG LAGOON. THIS IS THE FIRST VESSEL TO MAKE USE OF THIS DOCK

JABA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-18. B COMPANY, 14 INFANTRY BATTALION WITH FULL PACK PROCEEDING ALONG THE BEACH TO TAKE UP NEW POSITIONS SOUTH OF THE JABA RIVER. (FOR ..

BUKAWA, HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-14. THE VILLAGE SCENE AS 43 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY MEMBERS TALK AND TRADE WITH NATIVES FOR SOUVENIRS. SEVERAL JAPANESE WATER BOTTLES AND COOKING UTENSILS WERE ..

LABU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-17. 43 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY PERSONNEL AMONG NATIVES TRADING THEIR BISCUITS AND TINNED MEAT FOR FRUIT

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-21. NATIVES SAWING LOGS INTO APPROPRIATE LENGTHS BEFORE THEY ARE LOADED TO THE TRUCK FOR THE SAWMILL. THE NATIVES, SUPPLIED BY ANGAU, ARE WORKING AT UNTHANK MILL, OPERATED ..

BUKAWA, HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-14. CHILDREN AT A NATIVE VILLAGE EAST OF LAE VISITED BY 43 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY MEMBERS

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-20. 4 ADVANCED ORDNANCE DEPOT TROOPS HAVING THEIR MORNING BREAK OF TEA AND A "SMOKO" WITH SUPPLIES BROUGH TO THE FORWARD AREA BY A YMCA AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND TRUCK

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-21. OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE OFFICERS' MESS, 2/3 FORESTRY COY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CAPTAIN G BROWN, (1); LIEUTENANT E J BATES, (2); LT D H MUNRO, (3); CAPT J SEXTON, ..