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LAE-NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-19. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES FELLING A LARGE TREE. THIS TREE WILL THEN BE CUT INTO LENGTHS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SAWMILL, OPERATED BY THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-14. AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THE FLY GAUZE ENCLOSED DYSENTERY WARD OF THE 2/7TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. SEEN ATTENDING TO A PATIENT IS VFX29693 SISTER J.A. TOLMAN (4)

LAE-NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-19. A NATIVE BOY TRIMMING A POLE DURING THE BUILDING OF NEW HUTS AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS

BASAMA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. BASAMA NATIVES USING SAGO PALM LEAVES TO MAKE ROOFING THATCH FOR THE BUILDING OF HEADQUARTERS, NEW GUINEA FORCE

BASAMA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. WARRANT OFFICER II, K. WOODMAN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, INTERVIEWING KING BUMBU, HEREDITARY CHIEF OF THE HUON GULF NATIVES. KING BUMBU WAS ..

LAE-NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-19. PERSONNEL OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION PREPARING TO USE THEIR HEAVY TRUCK TO HAUL A JEEP AND TRAILER OUT OF A BADLY FLOODED SECTION OF THE LAE-NADZAB ROAD. ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. NATIVES UNLOADING SAC-SAC (SAGO PALM ROOFING THATCH) AT THE HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA FORCE WHARF. THE AUSTRALIAN VESSEL HMT "ORMISTON" IS ANCHORED IN THE BACKGROUND

LAE-NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-19. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A BADLY FLOODED SECTION OF THE LAE-NADZAB ROAD WITH HIS JEEP AND TRAILER

LAE-NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-19. A BADLY FLOODED AND WATER ERODED SECTION OF THE LAE-NADZAB ROAD

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-16. SERGEANT TAPIOLI DCM, PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION (1), AND SERGEANT WELLINGTON, ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION (2), YARNING AT THE BATTALION CAMP

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-16. SISTERS OF THE 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHO HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE TO HELP COPE WITH AN EPIDEMIC OF SCRUB ..

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-16. A PATIENT OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE HAVING A DRINK WITH HIS FRIENDS IN THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL:- VX68698 DRIVER SIDNEY THOMAS CORRIE (1); ..