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1943-02-04. NEW GUINEA. NATIVES WHO PLAYED A GREAT PART IN THE ALLIED SUCCESS IN NEW GUINEA ARE ADDRESSED BY GENERAL VASEY. NATIVE POLICE FORM A GUARD OF HONOUR AS NATIVE CARRIERS ARE PRESENTED ..

1943-02-04. PAPUA. HUGGINS GAP. GENERAL HERRING ON A TRIP TO THE SANANANDA FRONT TALKS TO AMERICAN OFFICERS AT HUGGINS GAP. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. A COOLIE BOY BROUGHT BY THE JAPANESE TO ACT AS A CARRIER IN NEW GUINEA. THIS BOY DESERTED THE JAPANESE AT WAU AND CAME ACROSS TO THE ALLIED ..

1943-02-25. NEW GUINEA. ARCHDEACON STEPHEN ROMNEY MAURICE GILL WHO HAS ARRIVED IN PORT MORESBY AFTER BEING IN THE BATTLE ZONE FOR SEVEN MONTHS. ARCHDEACON GILL, WHOSE HEAD MISSION IS AT DUVIRA AT ..

1943-03-02. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. A GROUP OF CHINESE WHOSE AGES RANGE FROM 10 MONTHS TO 70 YEARS WALKED 500 MILES FROM WEWAK AN HOUR AFTER A JAPANESE CONVOY WAS SIGHTED. PICTURE SHOWS 61 YEAR ..

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. AERIAL VIEW OF WAU AERODROME DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK

Japanese unsuccessfully attack Wau. A C-47 Dakota transport aircraft near Wau aerodrome

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. PRIVATE MICHAEL FILL AND HERBERT HIS VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY, ENTERTAIN HIS MATES AT WAU AERODROME DURING A RESPITE IN THE FIGHTING

1943-03-03. NATIVE CONSTABLES WHO FORMED A GUARD OF HONOR AT WAU AERODROME, WHEN FOUR OF THEIR NUMBER RECEIVED LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS. NATIVES EXCEL AT DRILL IN WHICH THEY CAN DISPLAY RHYTHMIC ..

1943-03-22. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. THE RAAF BUILDS ITS OWN AERODROMES. THE BATTLE OF BISMARCK SEA HAS PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THE EFFICIENCY OF AIR POWER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAPAN. ONE OF THE ..

1943-01-12. PAPUA. BUNA. JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ALLIED POSITIONS AT BUNA. IN THIS PICTURE A DIVE BOMBER STRAIGHTENS OUT AFTER DROPPING IT'S LOAD. SMOKE FROM A BOMB BURST CAN BE SEEN IN THE ..

1943-01-14. PAPUA. BUNA. THE BEACH AT BUNA MISSION LITTERED WITH JAPANESE DEAD. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)