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1943-03-02. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER WAR CORRESPONDENT GEOFFREY TEBBUTT WITH GENERAL SIR IVEN MACKAY

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. MUCH HAS BEEN SAID OF THE INVALUABLE HELP WHICH THE NEW GUINEA NATIVES GIVE THE ALLIED TROOPS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS NATIVES CARRYING OUT ALLIED WOUNDED AND THE ..

1943-02-04. NEW GUINEA. SANANANDA FRONT. COL. J.T. MURRAY AND GENERAL HERRING. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-02-04. NEW GUINEA. GRAVE OF CHAPLAIN C.M. COX. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-02-04. NEW GUINEA. GENERALS HERRING AND VASEY VISIT THE SANANANDA FRONT. PICTURE SHOWS GENERAL VASEY, GENERAL HERRING AND BRIGADIER WOOTTEN. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-03-02. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. AN AUSTRALIAN PACT TRANSPORT TRAVELS ALONG KOITAKI ROAD. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH WAR CORRESPONDENT GEOFFREY TEBBUTT WITH GENERAL SIR ..

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU ALLIED 25 POUNDERS BURST ON JAPANESE POSITIONS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE AERODROME AT WAU

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. AUSTRALIANS TROOPS HAVE A WELL EARNED SPELL AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACKS ON WAU AERODROME WERE REPULSED

1943-03-03. PRESENTATION OF LOYAL SERVICE MEDALS AT WAU AERODROME. ONE OF THE FOUR NATIVE CONSTABLES DECORATED FOR LOYAL SERVICE RECEIVES HIS MEDAL FROM THE G.O.C. NEW GUINEA FORCES. THE CEREMONY ..

1943-03-10. NEW GUINEA. BRINGING UP SUPPLIES NEAR WAU. MANHANDLING A JEEP AND TRAILER THROUGH A BOGGY CREEK

1943-03-10. NEW GUINEA. SELECTING POSSIBLE TARGETS FROM A MAP. AN ARMY OFFICER, F/O J.R. MOWBRAY (WHO WON THE SILVER STAR AT BUNA) AND SGT. P. LAMB (OBSERVER) AT AN OPERATIONAL BASE IN NEW GUINEA

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