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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-11. LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.B. MAGUIRE WORKING IN HIS OFFICE AT HEADQUARTERS 5 DIVISION

BUT-DAGUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-12. SENATOR J.M. FRASER, ACTING MINISTER FOR THE ARMY (1), AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF (2), BEING PULLED ASHORE BY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-26. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3), AND LADY WAKEHURST (4), ON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRSTRIP ON A 2-DAY VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY IN THE LAE-NADZAB AREA. ..

NEAR NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-26. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN A.I. GAY, OFFICER COMMANDING B COMPANY, 2 NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION (1), SPEAKING ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-28. MEMBERS OF B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT RIDING ASHORE ON A MATILDA TANK, DURING THEIR LANDING FROM AN AMERICAN OPERATED LANDING CRAFT TANK IN THE TOKO COMMAND ..

NEAR NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-26. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN A.I. GAY, OFFICER COMMANDING B COMPANY, 2 NEW GUINEA INFANTRY BATTALION (1), AND ..

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

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-28. B SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT TROOPS AVOIDED GETTING WET BY RIDING ASHORE ON THE ROOF OF A 3 TON TRUCK TOWED OFF AN AMERICAN OPERATED LANDING CRAFT TANK BY A ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-15. SAPPER A. GLOVER, REPRESENTING THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER, AS "SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD" IS SUNG IN THE FINALE OF A CONCERT ARRANGED BY MEMBERS OF 33 DOCKS ..

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

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-06. LIEUTENANT COLONEL I. HUTCHISON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WITH WARRANT OFFICER 2 JOHN BORRIT GODWIN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ..

WONGINARA MISSION, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-07. MEN OF 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT MOVING FORWARD WITH WIRE TO ARTILLERY SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS DURING A PATROL WITH 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS IN THE TORRICELLI ..