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1943-03-03. ARMY AIR TRANSPORT. DOUGLAS TRANSPORT PLANES OF THE U.S. ARMY FLYING IN FORMATION ABOVE THE BULOLO VALLEY. HILLS SUCH AS THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND STRETCH FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-03-22. NEW GUINEA. DESPITE BOTH ELEVATORS BEING BADLY DAMAGED BY ACK ACK FIRE AND SHRAPNEL HAVING TORN THE TYRES OF BOTH LANDING WHEELS TO THE CANVAS, A FLYING FORTRESS WAS FLOWN 400 MILES TO ..

1943-03-03. AN ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, MAJOR VERTIGAN D.O. TRANSLATES INTO PIDGIN THE G.O.C.'S WORDS OF PRAISE TO A NATIVE MEDAL WINNER AT WAU AERODROME, WHERE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. SMASHED JAPANESE LANDING BARGE AND DEAD JAPANESE LITTER THE BEACH AT BUNA. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AT THEENTRANCE TO A JAP. PILLBOX. SO HEAVILY BUILT WERE SOME OF THE JAP PILLBOXES THAT THEY WERE IMPERVIOUS TO. EVERYTHING EXCEPT A ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. BUNA. CAPTURED JAPANESE POM POM ON THE BUNA STRIP. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ASSISTED BY NATIVES, BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER NOT FAR FROM THE FRONT. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-12. PAPUA. BUNA. JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ALLIED POSITIONS AT BUNA. WHILE THE DIVE BOMBERS WERE HURTLING DOWN 30 TO 40 PLANES WERE MILLING ROUND DOG-FIGHTING IN THE BACKGROUND. ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. GIROPI POINT. A DEAD JAPANESE LIES IN FRONT OF A BUNKER. AT RIGHT LIEUTENANT D. S. CLARKE OF SYDNEY, NSW. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-14. ONE OF THE BULLET RIDDLED BUILDINGS AT BUNA MISSION, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE FIERCEST FIGHTING OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN. IN THE FOREGROUND IS GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT GENERAL ..

1943-01-14. FORCED TO QUICKLY ABANDON A STRONG POINT THE JAPANESE RETURNED SO HURRIEDLY THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DESTROY THIS RANGE FINDER WHICH IS BEING INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS ..

1943-01-14. LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A BUILDING AT BUNA MISSION, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE BLOODIEST FIGHTING OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN. NOTE THE ..