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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. ON THE BANKS OF THE WUNUNG RIVER, SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (5); SPEAKS WITH TROOPS OF THE 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, 4 BRIGADE, WHO ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (1), WITH MAJOR GENERAL A.H. RAMSEY (3), AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-09. THE ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, SENATOR J.M. FRASER (4), AND SENIOR OFFICERS IN FRONT OF A RAAF LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AT PIVA AIRSTRIP ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. CORPORAL A.C. ANDERSON, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION, SHAVING AFTER HIS RETURN FROM FORWARD POSITIONS IN THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS, INLAND FROM DAGUA

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. TIRED B COMPANY, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS MOVE BACK TO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS FOR A RESPITE FROM FIGHTING IN THICK JUNGLE IN THE TORRICELLI MOUNTAINS, ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-04. PRIVATE K.B. WARMINGTON, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION, BALANCES A JAPANESE SWORD AND FLAG ON HIS LEGS AS HE READS WELCOME MAIL FROM HOME FOLLOWING HIS RETURN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. THE SIDE VIEW OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S HUT, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. THE OLD TYPE SAC-SAC (SAGO PALM) SLEEPING QUARTERS AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. THE NEW SLEEPING QUARTERS FOR THE BRIGADIER ROYAL ARTILLERY, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. A SAGO PALM THATCHED HUT ORIGINALLY USED AS AN OFFICERS MESS, NOW THE VISITING SENIOR OFFICERS QUARTERS, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-30. D COMPANY, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION PERSONNEL OUTSIDE THEIR "COOKHOUSE". IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE C. POPE (1); CORPORAL J.L. WILLIS (2); PRIVATE C.A. JOLLIFFE ..

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-29. SERGEANT KHAZON SINGH LIGHTING A CIGARETTE FOR SERGEANT HURDITA RAN. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN ARMY, CAPTURED WHEN SINGAPORE FELL AND FORCED TO WORK IN LABOUR ..