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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-09. PATIENTS OF 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL BEING UNLOADED FROM AMBULANCES AT MILFORD HAVEN WHARF FOR EMBARKATION ON TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-09. PRIVATE F. MCLENNAN, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, A PATIENT AT 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHOT BY A JAPANESE SNIPER WHEN HIS PATROL WAS AMBUSHED, HE WAS LEFT FOR DEAD IN THE ..

MINGA CREEK, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE BEING CONSTRUCTED BY 2/8 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, SHOWING FRESHLY DRIVEN PILES AND PREPARATIONS IN PROGRESS ..

PURUATA ISLAND, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-29. LANDING CRAFT MECHANIZED OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY MOVING INTO POSITION TO TAKE A SWAMPED AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT 5 IN TOW TO PURUATA ISLAND (AT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. SAPPER MORRISON (1) AND SERGEANT BROTHERSON (2), MEMBERS OF 10 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF GLOUCESTER HOUSE AT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. THE OFFICE AT GLOUCESTER HOUSE HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS BEING BUILT FOR USE BY THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER IF HE VISITED THE AREA

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-30. SAPPERS OF 11 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING A PILE DRIVER ERECTED ON PONTOONS TO DRIVE PILES TO ANCHOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAVIGE BRIDGE OVER THE JABA ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-03. CORPORAL D.B. HACKETT (1) AND SERGEANT H.J. HOKIN (2), INSTRUCTORS AT 112 CONVALESCENT DEPOT, ARRANGING PRIZE WINNING EXAMPLES OF POLISHED WOODWORK AT AN ..

SORAKEN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-02. NO. 1 GUN OF 2 MOUNTAIN BATTERY WITH ITS CREW IN POSITION. NOTE THE FLOODED GUN PIT

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-06-02. CAPTAIN M.W. HORNSBY, COMMANDANT AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE LINES, NEW GUINEA (1), AND MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING ANGAU (2), AT A ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. ENGINEERS OF 2/2 FIELD COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, CARTING LARGE LUMPS OF CORAL TO FILL IN LARGE BOMB AND SHELL CRATERS IN THE ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ..

WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-30. ON BIG ROAD FROM SAURI TO WEWAK, NEAR BORAM AIRSTRIP, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, A LARGE AMOUNT OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN RECOVERED INCLUDING LORRIES, STAFF ..