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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. PRIVATE L.J. LENNARD, D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), PREPARES LUNCH FOR THE COMPANY IN THE COOKHOUSE

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-24. CAPTAIN K.R.G. COLEMAN, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE) (1), SHAVES WHILE PRIVATE J.B. CRACE (2), SHOWS HIM REPORTS OF THE ..

A PATROL FROM D COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION (AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE), EXAMINES A CAPTURED JAPANESE LATE MODEL TYPE 89 MEDIUM TANK, PROBABLY B MODEL WITH A DIESEL ENGINE, WHICH WAS DUG IN AND ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-25. THE METHOD OF STORAGE OF DENTAL STORES AT 54 DENTAL UNIT. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF DR. WARNER, SCIENTIFIC LIAISON SECTION ATTACHED FIRST ARMY, WHO ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-23. A MATILDA TANK OF A SQUADRON, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT, CROSSING THE NEW MCKINNA BRIDGE OVER THE PURIATA RIVER. THIS AUSTRALIAN PANEL BRIDGE WAS THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE USED IN ..

SAPOSA ISLAND, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-26. A GROUP OF PERSONNEL OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-29. THE NARROW TRACK LEADING TO WEWAK POINT IN BACKGROUND. THIS TRACK IS ON THE ONLY STRIP OF PASSABLE LAND ON THE NARROW PENINSULA. NOT MORE THAN TWENTY YARDS WIDE, ..

PURUATA ISLAND, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-29. PERSONNEL OF 4 WELDING PLATOON WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEEL CANOPY ON ONE OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY'S AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT 20'S

SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-27. THE SAVIGE BRIDGE OVER THE JABA NO. 1 RIVER NEARING COMPLETION. CONSTRUCTED BY MEMBERS OF 11 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IN FIVE WEEKS, THE BRIDGE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-26. SAPPER R.J. DOMINGUEZ, 58 FIELD PARK, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, DRIVING A TRACTOR TOWING A SHEEPSFOOT ROLLER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 3-TONNER ROAD BETWEEN THE ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-29. A GENERAL VIEW OF WEWAK POINT AREA, SHOWING THE TERRAIN AND A JAPANESE TRUCK WHICH IS BEING USED BY OUR TROOPS

PURUATA ISLAND, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-29. A LE TOURNEAU CRANE BEING USED BY 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY TO PUT A BARGE INTO THE WATER. IT RAISES THE STERN CLEAR OF THE BEACH AND RUNS IT INTO THE ..