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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-08. A CLASS 9 PILE BRIDGE BUILT OVER THE KALUMALAGI RIVER BY 35 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. IT IS 315 FEET LONG WITH 19 SPANS, EACH OF 15 FEET. A ..

NX4545 Lieutentant James Copeman MC MM (left), pours water from his boot, and NX126259 Private Kenneth Bede Thomas Colbert lathers for a shave. The men, 2/3 Infantry Battalion members, have ..

BUT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-02. A JAPANESE "HELEN" MEDIUM BOMBER ON THE AIRSTRIP WHICH WAS RECENTLY CAPTURED BY 6 DIVISION TROOPS

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-07. MR SINCLAIR, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (1), WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE (2), AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT (3), ABOUT TO ENTER STAFF CARS FOR ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. THE EXTERIOR OF THE OTHER RANKS MESS, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY, DURING THE VISIT OF SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, TO THE AREA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFICERS CLUB, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY, DURING THE VISIT OF SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY, TO THE AREA

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

AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-29. SUPERINTENDENT B. BROWN, RED CROSS SOCIETY WORKER (1), AMONG LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE RED CROSS HUT AT 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. THE MEN ARE ..

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 GUNS CLEVERLY CAMOUFLAGED, BY A SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND. THEY ARE PART OF A MASTER PIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION WHICH ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPS WORKING AT AN IMITATION STORES DUMP WITH EMPTY BOXES. THIS WAS PART OF A MASTERPIECE OF BLUFF AND DECEPTION, BY WHICH, THE SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. CORPORAL NEWTON, HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION (1), READING A MAGAZINE WHILE STAFF SERGEANT J.F. DAWSON, HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION (2), HAS HIS HAIR CUT BY PRIVATE F. NANKERVIS, ..