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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-09. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3), WITH AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF DURING HIS ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-09. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1) WITH MAJOR GENERAL C.H. SIMPSON, SIGNAL OFFICER- IN- CHIEF (2) AND PARTY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-10. NATIVE SING-SING AT THE WEBB ROAD COMPOUND ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF TROOPS. THE NATIVES PARTICIPATING ARE ATTACHED TO ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-10. MADANG NATIVES, NOTED FOR THEIR FINE PHYSIQUE AT THE NATIVE SING-SING AT THE WEBB ROAD COMPOUND ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-10. NATIVE WIVES AND PICCANINNIES WATCHING THE NATIVE SING-SING AT THE WEBB ROAD COMPOUND ON THE NUMA NUMA TRAIL WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF TROOPS. THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. SAPPERS OF 5 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ASSEMBLING A GENERAL STEEL BRIDGE OVER THE SWAMP BEACH ROAD BETWEEN MOTUPENA POINT AND TOKO, THE MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. WARRANT OFFICER 2 W.W. BROWN, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1), LINING UP NATIVES OF THE SIWAI TRIBE. THESE NATIVES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM JAPANESE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), IN A JEEP DURING HIS VISIT TO 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE, 3 DIVISION

BORAM AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-07. MEMBERS OF 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION TAKING SHOWERS FROM A MOBILE SHOWER UNIT. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE L.G. DAVIDSON (1); SERGEANT H.M. PEARN (2); ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-31. A FIGHTING RECONNAISSANCE PATROL OF A COMPANY, 47 INFANTRY BATTALION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT J.M. WOODHEAD (1), CROSSING THE BONARA RIVER TO INVESTIGATE A NATIVE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08-14. PANORAMA OF THE HOSPITAL AREA, 2/7 GENERAL HOSPITAL

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-31. THE NATIVE LABOUR CAMP AT MIHERU CONTROLLED BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT. THE NATIVE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM JAPANESE TERRITORY AND ARE NOW BEING ..