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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-20. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), SHAKING HANDS WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W.H. MENCE, CORPS OF ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-20. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (6), SHAKING HANDS WITH LIEUTENANT M.M. CROUDACE, 2 BATTERY, 2/1 FIELD ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LADY WAKEHURST (2), LADY BLAMEY (1), AND MISS S. GRAHAM, 2/1 GENERAL HOSPITAL (3), AFTER COMING ASHORE FROM A 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY VESSEL AT FREDDIE BEACH DURING THEIR ..

COMPTON RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), TALKING WITH PRIVATE A. BAMBACK, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), DURING HIS VISIT WITH LADY WAKEHURST AND ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), AND LADY WAKEHURST (3), EXAMINING A CAPTURED JAPANESE SWORD DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE AREA. ALONGSIDE ..

COMPTON RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3), LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (2), AND PRIVATE A. BAMBACK ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-27. A CASUALTY FROM ONE OF OUR OWN MORTAR BOMBS BEING CARRIED OUT BY 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION STRETCHER BEARERS

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. IMITATION KITCHENS WITH FIRES CONTINUOUSLY BURNING WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTICED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND AND ..

JACQUINOT AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-03-29. LADY BLAMEY (2), AND LADY WAKEHURST (3), SPEAKING WITH LIEUTENANT R.A. WITNEY (1), AT THE SIDE OF THE PLANE WHILE LORD WAKEHURST MEETS HEADQUARTERS 5 ..

AT SEA. 1945-03-31. HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS HAVING BREAKFAST ON THE TOP DECK ABOARD THE VAN HEUTSZ DURING THE MOVEMENT OF HEADQUARTERS 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE PERSONNEL TO MILNE BAY. ..

HERBERTON, QLD. 1945-03-03. HEADQUARTERS 9 DIVISION TROOPS LEAVING A TRUCK IN MID-STREAM. THE MEN, COMPETITORS FOR THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 9 DIVISION GOLD MEDAL FOR RIFLE SHOOTING, ATTEMPTED ..

HERBERTON, QUEENSLAND. 1945-03-03. MAJOR GENERAL G.F. WOOTTEN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 9 DIVISION, (1), PRESENTING TROPHIES TO HEADQUARTERS 24 INFANTRY BRIGADE TROOPS DURING A PARADE AT THE ..