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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-29. NILKHI RAN, AN INDIAN SOLDIER (1), WITH LIEUTENANT L. MCCUMSTIE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (2), AT 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION TENDING A GARDEN NEAR A WARD. ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. IMITATION BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS MADE FROM CREEPERS. THE ISLAND WAS SEIZED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS AND BY BLUFF AND DECEPTION THEY LED THE ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. IMITATION DEFENCE GUNS, MADE OF WOOD AND CUNNINGLY CAMOUFLAGED, WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTICED BY A SMALL FORCE OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ..

DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-30. PRIVATE S.F. SHEARER, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, WITH HIS BREN GUN

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-01. LORD WAKEHURST AND THE VICE REGAL PARTY ON PIVA AIRSTRIP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR TOUR OF THE AREA, PRIOR TO THEIR DEPATURE FOR TOWNSVILLE

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT HOSING SAND OFF THEIR TANKS AFTER CROSSING THE PURIATA RIVER DURING THE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPPORT 25 INFANTRY BATTALION

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-04. COLONEL A.L. DAWKINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES 2 CORPS (2), WITH COLONEL F.K. WALLACE (9), AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL S.D. MEARES (1), INSPECTING 7 FIELD AMBULANCE ..

PRIVATE CURRIE, 25 INFANTRY BATTALION (1) OF TAREE, NSW, WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE ATTACK AGAINST SLATER'S KNOLL, SPEAKING WITH MATES AT THE REGIMENTAL AID POST AT ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. A REAR VIEW OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MATILDA TANKS SUPPORTED BY INFANTRY, MOVING ALONG BUIN ROAD AND OVER SLATER'S KNOLL. THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTRICATE BELEAGUERED COMPANIES ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS PLACING JAPANESE BODIES INTO A COMMON GRAVE DUG BY A BULLDOZER. THESE MEN DIED IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE SLATER'S KNOLL ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS PLACING JAPANESE BODIES IN A GRAVE FOR COMMON BURIAL. THE ENEMY LOST 311 MEN IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO TAKE SLATER'S KNOLL

PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. WARRANT OFFICER II MCCALLUM (1), TALKING TO PATA MANDE, SHORTEST MEMBER OF A COMPANY, NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE (2), ..