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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-30. CAPTAIN R. ORMSBY, ANGAU DISTRICT SERVICES (1), CHECKING THE NAMES OF APPLICANTS FROM THE NARGOVISSI TRIBE AT MARAU REFUGEE CAMP. THEY RECEIVE A MEDICAL INSPECTION BEFORE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. BEDSITTING ROOM OF GLOUCESTER HOUSE AT HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS. THIS ACCOMMODATION WAS PLANNED IN THE EVENT OF A POSSIBLE VISIT OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TO THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-30. PATROL GRADER AND JEEP CROSSING THE TUJU BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BY MEMBERS OF 11 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS. THE BRIDGE IS ON THE COAST ROAD FROM TOKO TO ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. NATIVE HANDING SAK- SAK TO HIS FELLOW WORKERS ON THE ROOF. SAPPER WITING, 10 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (1), IS DIRECTING WORK ON THE ROOF OF ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-03. SPECTATORS INSPECTING SAMPLES OF WOODWORK AT AN EXHIBITION OF HOBBIES AND CRAFTS AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-03. DURING AN EXHIBITION OF HOBBIES AND CRAFTS PRIVATE N.G. ANDERSON ADMIRES PERSPEX PLANES MODELLED BY MEN AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-03. SAPPER P. COLLINS (2) EXPLAINING TO CORPORAL A. REID (1) AND CORPORAL J.A. FISHER (3), HIS CONSTRUCTION OF A PRIZE WINNING SMOKER'S STAND AT AN EXHIBITION OF ..

SORAKEN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-02. THE LEFT SECTION, 2 MOUNTAIN BATTERY. THEY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR PRESENT LOCALITY FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND ARE PULLING OUT TODAY AS THE JAPANESE ARE OUT OF RANGE

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. A BULLDOZER OF 2/2 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WORKING ON A CORAL PIT. THE CORAL IS SCRAPED UP TO THE "CHINAMAN" AND PUSHED THROUGH A TRAP ON TO ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. A LONG SHOT OF SS TAROONA WITH SOME OF THE SMALL CRAFT IN WEWAK HARBOUR JUST AFTER THE SHIP HAD DROPPED ANCHOR. THE SHIP, FORMERLY OF THE INTERSTATE PASSENGER ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. A LANDING BARGE COMES ASHORE ALONGSIDE THE OLD LANDING WHARF ON THE BEACH, CARRYING 3 BASE TROOPS FROM THE SS TAROONA. THE SHIP, FORMERLY OF THE INTERSTATE ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. SAPPER H.J. INMAN, 2/8 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (1), CHECKING A LOAD OF CORAL AFTER IT HAD BEEN TIPPED INTO A TRUCK FOR THE NEW MAPRIK ROAD (BIG ..