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1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. HALF NAKED AND RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY THIS COOLIE, AGED 13, WANDERED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN LINES NEAR WAU. HE WAS PLACED IN AN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, AND ..

1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. BUGLERS FROM THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS SOUNDING THE GENERAL SALUTE WHEN THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ISLAND INSPECTED THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE SOMEWHERE ..

1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. LIEUT EDWARD SOLOMAN (SUFFOLK VIRGINIA) PILOT OF A MITCHELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT. BOMBS FROM THIS PLANE SCORED HITS ON TWO SHIPS IN THE JAP CONVOY DESTROYED IN THE BISMARCK SEA ..

1943-03-25. NEW GUINEA. BRIG. GENERAL JOHNS (RIGHT) AND COLONEL DERBY (NEXT TO HIM) AT A PARADE OF COLOURED TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA DURING WHICH MEDALS FOR BRAVERY WERE PRESENTED TO CPL. HARVEY ..

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 ..

1943-04-01. AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. WASHING LINES STRUNG BETWEEN TENTS. SISTER M. ALCORN OF MANLY, QUEENSLAND, HOLDS THE CLOTHES WHILST SISTER SHEILA DITTY OF TERANG, VICTORIA, PEGS THEM ..

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. NATIVE CHILDREN EVACUATED FROM A MISSION AFTER IT HAD BEEN STRAFED BY THE JAPS SING "GOD SAVE THE KING". (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-01. AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. SISTER E. SPILLER OF GEELONG, VICTORIA AND SISTER J.A. LINDSAY OF FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CLIMB ON A JEEP TO GO FOR A SWIM. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. THE RESCUE OF TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA EARNED THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR LOYAL SERVICE TO PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY. HERE PAUL IS BEING ..

1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. SAILING THEIR OWN LUGGERS AND LAKOTOIS THESE PAPUAN NATIVES CATCH FISH TO VARY THE DIET OF ALLIED TROOPS AND THOSE IN HOSPITAL. THE NATIVES DIVE IN AND SWIM WITH HAND NETS ..

1943-04-12. NEW GUINEA. CPL. R.T. BARBER OF MONTANA AND SGT. R. F. ANDERSON OF FLINT, MICHIGAN REPAIRING MOTORS FOR P38 FIGHTERS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-08. NEW GUINEA. AERIAL TRANSPORT HAS PLAYED A TREMENDOUS PART IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN, AND AT WAU CAUSED THE SPEEDY DEFEAT OF THE ADVANCING JAPANESE. HERE A JEEP IS BEING BACKED OUT OF A ..