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1943-04-05. NEW GUINEA. WITH THE AID OF AN OLD HAND PUMPED ORGAN CPL. CLIFTON JOHNS OF ALBERTON, S.A., HAS COMPOSED A NUMBER OF SONGS IN HIS SPARE TIME IN NEW GUINEA. HIS LATEST COMPOSITION ..

1941-04-01. AUSTRALIAN NURSES IN NEW GUINEA. NURSES LEAVE THEIR MESS HUTS FOR WARDS AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

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 ..

1943-04-08. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT WAU EATING IN AN UNDERGROUND MESS ROOM. (NEGATIVE BY F. BAGNALL)

1943-04-12. NEW GUINEA. NINE JAPANESE FLAGS, ONE FOR EACH ENEMY PLANE HE HAS SHOT DOWN IN NEW GUINEA, ARE PAINTED ON THE P38 FIGHTER PILOTED BY CAPTAIN THOMAS J. LYNCH. LYNCH'S DECORATIONS INCLUDE ..

1943-04-12. NEW GUINEA. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS QUESTIONING PILOTS AFTER THEY HAD RETURNED FROM A RECONNAISSANCE IN NEW GUINEA. REPORTS ARE THROUGHLY CHECKED SO THAT THE UTMOST VALUE CAN BE REALISED ..

1943-04-13. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS BESIEGE FILM STAR JOE E. BROWN FOR AUTOGRAPHS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SHOW. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-13. NEW GUINEA. LOCKHEED LIGHTNINGS (P38) IN FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P38, Lockheed Lightning in flight over the jungle of New Guinea during the Second World War

1943-04-13. NEW GUINEA. LOCKHEED LIGHTNINGS (P38) IN FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. THIS TREE, SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, SERVES THE DUAL PURPOSE OF AN OBSERVATION POST AND A TELEPHONE POST. BOMBARDIER F.J. GREEN, OF NORTH SYDNEY, IS AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. A HEADDRESS MADE OF BRIGHTLY HUED FEATHERS AND A "COLLAR" OF SHELLS WAS WORN BY THOSE TWO SUB CHIEFS OF THE CHIMBU TRIBE WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE INTERIOR OF NEW GUINEA TO ..