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NEAR NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-26. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN E.R. REEVE, OFFICER COMMANDING C COMPANY, 2 NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION (1), ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-15. SAPPER R.V. COOPER (1), AND SERGEANT V. MCVEIGH (2), PREPARING TO TAKE PART IN A CONCERT STAGED BY MEMBERS OF 33 DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-26. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (1), WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE (2), AND BRIGADIER F.E. WELLS (3), FOLLOWING HIS ARRIVAL AT THE AIRSTRIP ON A ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-24. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), WITH LIEUTENANT R.S. JACKSON (2), AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.G. ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-12/13. PORTION OF THE AUDIENCE AT INTERVAL DURING A CONCERT PRODUCED BY 7 FIELD AMBULANCE TROOPS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF UNIT PERSONNEL, PATIENTS AND NEARBY UNITS ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-28. A MATILDA TANK BEING DRIVEN ASHORE FROM AN AMERICAN OPERATED LANDING CRAFT TANK DURING THE LANDING OF PORTION OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT IN THE TOKO ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-06. LIEUTENANT COLONEL I. HUTCHISON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A MAP OUTSIDE HIS "DOOVER"

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-24. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), ARRIVING AT HEADQUARTERS 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE, INSPECTS THE ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-07. "I" SECTION, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS CONFERRING OVER A MAP SPREAD OUT ON A WEAPON PIT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT F.G. BELL (1); PRIVATE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-12/13. A SCENE FROM THE VOCAL "A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY", DURING A CONCERT STAGED BY 45 MEMBERS OF 7 FIELD AMBULANCE FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF UNIT PERSONNEL, ..

NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-14. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF (2), HAVING TEA AT THE AERODROME SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FROM HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY FOR AUSTRALIA

BUT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-08. A TEMPORARY WAR CEMETERY ESTABLISHED AT BUT