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1943-01-11. ALLIED AIRMEN IN NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CHILDREN HAVING A SPLASHING GAME WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT - CPL. R. BOYLES OF TOLEDO, OHIO, AND PTE. 1ST CLASS E. LAUTZENHEISER OF DECATUR, INDIANA, AND ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. NX105541 Private S. Sloss, 2/12th Battalion, leans against a coconut palm 40 yards away from a ..

Use of transport planes in New Guinea enables speedy evacuation of wounded from forward areas to the base. Compared with their trek across the Owen Stanleys, which took days, wounded have been ..

1943-01-08. THE GRAVE OF FOUR AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN "SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA". ON THE GRAVE IS A PIECE OF MATERIAL FROM THEIR PLANE ON WHICH IS WRITTEN "HERE LIE THE BODIES OF W. H. R. CAMPBELL, F. ..

1943-01-11. SALVAGING AEROPLANES IN NEW GUINEA. LITTLE IS HEARD OF THE GROUND STAFF OF THE RAAF - THE MEN WHO WORK ALL HOURS AND UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, KEEPING OUR PLANES IN THE AIR, AND STILL LESS ..

1943-01-11. USE OF TRANSPORT PLANES IN NEW GUINEA ENABLES SPEEDY EVACUATION OF WOUNDED FROM FORWARD AREAS TO THE BASE. COMPARED WITH THEIR TREK ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEYS, WHICH TOOK DAYS, WOUNDED ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. Y.M.C.A. OFFICER, FERN HOOPER, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN IDENTITIES BETWEEN PORT MORESBY AND THE NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA. EACH DAY HE SERVES UPWARDS OF 1400 CUPS OF TEA. HIS DAY'S ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE KILLED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA

1942-12-18. NEW GUINEA. THESE NURSES, THE FIRST RAAF NURSES TO ARRIVE IN NEW GUINEA WERE CHEERED ON THEIR ARRIVAL. LEFT TO RIGHT - SISTERS E.M. WEBER (ROCKHAMPTON, QLD), N. GARDNER (PORT MACQUARIE ..

1942-12-17. PAPUA. FALL OF GONA. JAPANESE WOUNDED IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON GONA RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION

1942-12-17. PAPUA. GONA TRACK. REGIMENTAL AID POSTS ERECTED BY NATIVES ON THE TRACK TO GONA. SMOKE IN BACKGROUND IS FROM CAMP FIRES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)