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MILILAT, NEW GUINEA 1944-07-26. VX73951 PRIVATE L.S. MORGAN, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES, AND A NEW GUINEA NATIVE EXAMINING WITH INTEREST THE LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS DISPLAYED ON THE MILITARY HISTORY ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-05. VX44 COLONEL T.P. COOK CBE ED, COMMANDING, MORESBY BASE SUB AREA, LAYING HIS WREATH DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BOMANA WAR CEMETERY. THE ..

MILILAT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-01. VX136048 SAPPER D.P. FARR USING A TYPE B3 STEREOSCOPE ON RAAF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE PHOTO INTERPRETATION ROOM, INTELLIGENCE SECTION, HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION

NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-26. AN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH IN PROGRESS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 37/52ND INFANTRY BATTALION DURING THE SPORTS MEETING TO ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-03. PERSONNEL OF THE 19TH LINES OF COMMUNICATION SIGNALS

MILILAT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-01. A BEAUTIFUL TRANQUIL SCENE AS VIEWED FROM THE WINDOWS OF THE MEN'S MESS AT HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- QX50765 PRIVATE L. MITCHELL (1); ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, SURVEYING THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE BUTIBUM BRIDGE BY THE FLOODS WHICH WERE CAUSED BY THE VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE CATCHMENT AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, DIGGING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A NEW BRIDGE TO REPLACE THE ONE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURING THE RECENT HEAVY FLOODS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

NAGADA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-02. WX3324 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E.W. KYLE, COMMANDING OFFICER, 4TH FIELD AMBULANCE RELAXING IN THE SUN OUTSIDE HIS TENT

MILILAT, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-03. MEMBERS OF THE 10TH UNITED STATES AIR LIAISON COMPANY REVERENTLY LAYING THEIR "DEAD MARINES" TO REST THE MORNING AFTER RECEIVING THEIR BEER ISSUE. THEY ARE:- ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. PERSONNEL OF THE DESPATCH RIDER LETTER SERVICE HAULING MAIL ACROSS THE GAP IN THE BUTIBUM RIVER BRIDGE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURING THE RECENT HEAVY FLOODS. TROOPS OF ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS CROSSING THE FIRST SPAN OF THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER WHICH IS BEING BUILT BY THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, TO REPLACE THE OLD ..