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NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-09. A SECTION OF BADLY SLANTING ROCK STRATA ON THE NEW WAU-BULLDOG ROAD NEAR SECOMBE CAMP

MADANG, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS C COMPANY, 24TH INFANTRY BATTALION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CORPORAL J.W. GREENWOOD (1); WARRANT OFFICER II, M.S. KINGSWELL (2); ..

MALAMAL, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. NATIVE COOKS SERVING OUT RICE DURING THE EVENING MEAL PARADE AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE LABOUR COMPOUND

AT SEA. 1944-07-12. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS RELAXING ON THE DECK OF THE AK 95 A 300 TON KETCH OF THE 12TH SMALL SHIPS COMPANY WHILE SAILING THE BISMARCK SEA ON THEIR WAY TO MADANG

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-09. PERSONNEL ENJOYING A GAME ON THE TENNIS COURTS AT HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT

MALAMAL, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. GABALAI, A WAREA RIVER BOY, WITH A BUNDLE OF SAGO PALM FRONDS POSES FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPH AT THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE LABOUR COMPOUND. ..

MALAMAL, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. ORAU, A MADANG BOY, LOOKS PLEASED WITH HIS "DIGGER" HAT AND COCONUT AS HE RETURNS TO THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE LABOUR COMPOUND AT THE ..

BASAMA-LAE AREA. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. BASAMA NATIVES BRINGING IN SAGO PALM LEAVES AND OTHER MATERIAL FOR MAKING ROOFING THATCH

BASAMA-LAE AREA. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. KING BUMBU, HEREDITERY CHIEF OF THE HUON GULF NATIVES. KING BUMBU WAS ARRESTED BY THE JAPANESE FOR HIS REFUSAL TO ASSIST THEM DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ..

BASAMA-LAE AREA. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-16. NATIVES CONTROLLED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, CUTTING UP A LARGE TREE INTO SECTIONS FOR AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY SAWMILL

BASAMA-LAE AREA. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-13. WARRANT OFFICER II, K WOODMAN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) KING BUMBU, CHIEF OF THE HUON GULF NATIVES (2) AND QX29649 LIEUTENANT R.L. ..

LAE. NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. ONE OF A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN TO GIVE A 120 PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TOWN OF LAE. TO JOIN TO PHOTOGRAPHS NO. 74635, 74636, 74637, 74638 AND 74639