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PIONEER CROSSING, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-03-25. THE TAIL FINS OF A P-38 LIGHTNING FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE WHICH CRASHED IN TIMBERED AREA WITHIN THE VICINITY OF ..

Studio portrait of Private (Pte) Lancelot Lawrence (Lance) Lucas who enlisted with the service number NX33896 in June 1940. He was discharged as medically unfit in December 1940, then re-enlisted ..

PIONEER CROSSING, PORT MORESBY AREA, PAPUA, 1944-03-25. MEMBERS OF THE 2/107TH MOBILE BATH UNIT, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX76320 CORPORAL A.B. THOMAS (1); VX113861 ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1944. HEADQUARTERS 2 AUSTRALIAN CORPS. LEFT TO RIGHT: CORPORAL PAT FLYNN, LIEUTENANT FRANK KING AND ARTHUR PITTS LOOKING AT A TERRAIN RELIEF MODEL. (DONOR A. BARING)

SATTELBERG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-27. A BATTLE SIGN RECORDING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION WITH TANK SUPPORT AT COCONUT RIDGE ON 1943-11-17/18

TOROKINA, EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944. LANDING CRAFT MOORED AT THE BEACH (NUMBERS 124, 578, 946 AND 325). (DONOR A. BARING)

GUSIKA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. WX108999 CORPORAL L.J. MCNEE, MM, (1) AND VX117183 CAPTAIN R.B. EAMES, MC, (2) MEMBERS OF D COMPANY, 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 4TH INFANTRY BRIGADE IN THEIR ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-20. MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEANING EQUIPMENT AND WRITING LETTERS DURING A PAUSE IN STRENUOUS TRAINING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: VX143697 PRIVATE R.D. ..

GUSIKA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. A SECTION OF "TRENKNER'S TROUBADOUR BAND", FORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 4TH INFANTRY BRIGADE USING INSTRUMENTS CONTRIVED FROM .303 ..

WAREO, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-20. VX117183 CAPTAIN R.B. EAMES, MC, (1), OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-20. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN RECORDS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/13TH, 2/15TH, 2/17TH AND 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALIONS IN MAIN ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-20. TWO OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THE SIGN TO THE LEFT RECORDS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 2/13TH, 2/15TH, 2/17TH AND 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALIONS, ..