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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-02-25. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER AND AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN ARRIVING WITH PORTABLE SEATS AT A FIELD CINEMA. THE PICTURES ARE SHOWN AT HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE BY THE ..

DALLMAN RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-21. NX124592 PRIVATE A. KENDALL (1), STANDS GUARD WHILE NX124527 PRIVATE V. DEVONSHIRE (2) LIGHTS THE FIRE AT THE "SHANTY TOWN", CAMP OF THE 30TH INFANTRY ..

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-20. CLEARING THE LAST JUMP DURING THE FIRST HEAT OF THE HURDLES AT A BEACH CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE, 5TH DIVISION

KELANOA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-21. PATIENTS AND STAFF AT THE REGIMENTAL AID POST, 5TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SX16545 LANCE-CORPORAL E.G. SMITH (1); Q100403 ..

KOMIATUM RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-07. 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY MOUNT A VICKERS MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN IN A GUN-PIT TYPICAL OF OTHERS IN THE AREA, COMMANDING ENEMY MOVEMENT ALONG THE RIDGE. ..

DUMPU, RAMU VASLLEY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-09. OFFICERS OF THE HEADQUARTERS STAFF, 18TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: QX1148 CAPTAIN C.B. PARBURY, STAFF CAPTAIN, (LEARNER), (1); QX17549 ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-16. STAFF OF THE OFFICERS' WARD OF THE 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL SITUATED AT EGGY'S CORNER, IN THEIR GARDEN. PRACTICALLY EVERY WARD AT THE HOSPITAL HAS ..

PORTRAIT OF NX169503 PRIVATE NORMAN LESLIE GOMM, 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION, WOUNDED AT SATTELBERG 1943-11-24 AND REPORTED AS HAVING DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) C. 1943-11-30 AGED 19. HERE HE IS ..

CRATER HILL, FINISTERRE RANGE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-16. VX112185 LIEUTENANT J. BETHUNE, MC, (1), THE ADJUTANT OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION WITH VX112181 MAJOR C.E. NEWMAN, MC, (2), ..

WARD'S DROME, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-02. SERGEANT GEORGE S. HARRIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN, (1), SHOWING SERGEANT HAROLD MCGUINNES, (2), THE FINER POINTS OF "CRAPS", ONE OF THE ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-19. NX140673 LIEUTENANT K.A. PEDDLE (1) OF THE 22ND INFANTRY BATTALION, PLAYING CHESS WITH NX163949 LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. TAYLOR, MBE, OF AUSTRALIAN ..

EGGY'S CORNER, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-02-19. THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFICERS' WARD AT THE 2/1ST GENERAL HOSPITAL WHICH CONTAINS 60 BEDS