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GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TENTS AND WHEEL MARKS WITH NEITHER MEN OR VEHICLES WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTICED BY A SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND, AND ..

GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TENTS AND WHEEL MARKS WITH NEITHER MEN OR VEHICLES WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTICED BY A SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND, AND ..

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

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. LADY WAKEHURST (4), AND LADY BLAMEY (6), TALKING WITH COLONEL D. DWYER, MATRON HURLEY, 2/1 GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND OTHER OFFICERS UNDERNEATH THE WING OF THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-01. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), AT PIVA AIRSTRIP SAYING GOODBYE TO THE SERGEANT OF THE GUARD WHO PROVIDED HIS ESCORT THROUGHOUT HIS OFFICIAL ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. LADY WAKEHURST (1), AND PARTY LEAVING THE 2/3 CONVALESCENT DEPOT

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. COLONEL A.L. DAWKINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES 2 CORPS (2), AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL S.D. MEARES (1), INSPECTING 7 FIELD AMBULANCE PERSONNEL

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. LADY WAKEHURST (7), LADY BLAMEY (6), MAJOR R.H. BONNETTE (1), AND COLONEL A.L. DAWKINS (9), SPEAKING WITH PATIENTS AT THE 2/3 CONVALESCENT DEPOT. (FOR ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-30. CORPORAL B.A. DENNE (1) AND TROOPER W.R. YOUNG (2), OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, UNLOADING THREE INCH AMMUNITION FROM A MATILDA TANK FOR DRYING AFTER THE INTERIOR WAS FLOODED ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. NAGOVISSI NATIVES INDICATING JAPANESE POSITIONS AND TRACKS ON MOSAIC PHOTOGRAPHS TO CAPTAIN F.D. PERCIVAL, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 3 (AIR), 3 DIVISION (1), AND LIEUTENANT ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-06. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS DRAGGING JAPANESE BODIES OFF FOR BURIAL. TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX JAPANESE WERE KILLED DURING THE ENGAGEMENT ON SLATER'S KNOLL AND AN ..

PURIATA RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-03. MUSIAMO, THE BLACK BRIGADIER AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE WEARING THE LOYAL SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTED TO HIM FOR ORGANISING ..