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1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. WAR CEMETERY AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. HILLS FALL SHEER TO THE WATER ARE COVERED WITH KUNAI GRASS FROM THREE TO TEN FEET HIGH. THE HILL SLOPES WERE LITTERED WITH THE BODIES OF JAPANESE WHO TRIED TO ..

1943-04-14. NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF WATER LOGGED GROUND WILL BE DRAINED BY THIS CHANNEL. FIFTY NATIVE BOYS WILL COMPLETE THE WORK IN SIX WEEKS. IN 1942-12, MALARIA ..

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. JAPANESE LANDING BARGES SUNK DURING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK HAVE NOW BEEN SALVAGED. THE BARGES ARE BEING REPAIRED FOR USE BY AUSTRALIAN FORCES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. BEAUFORT BOMBERS AT TARGET PRACTICE OVER THE OCEAN. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-16. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. BEAUFORT BOMBERS PRACTICE AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. GOODENOUGH ISLAND. FIRST JAP LANDING BARGE WASHED UP AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JAPANESE BISMARCK SEA CONVOY. THE 45 JAPANESE ON BOARD WERE EITHER KILLED OR CAPTURED. (NEGATIVE BY N. ..

1943-04-20. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. HILLS FALL SHEER TO THE WATER AND ARE COVERED WITH KUNAI GRASS FROM THREE TO TEN FEET HIGH. THE HILL SLOPES WERE LITTERED WITH THE BODIES OF JAPANESE WHO TRIED TO ..

1943-05-05. NEW GUINEA. NURSES HOLD A DANCE. NURSES ARE SISTERS G. GAGGIN OF FORBES N.S.W., E. BOUGAN OF MORUYA N.S.W. M. EWING OF TOOWOOMBA QLD F. MCDONALD, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (NEGATIVE BY ..

1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO SHOWS SISTER VIDA DRYSDALE OF WEST WALLSEND N.S.W. SHOWING BILL HOW TO TIE THE LACES OF HIS BOOTS. BOOTS WERE SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO BILL. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY & ..

1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. IN THE MANNER OF THE JAPANESE BILL BOWS TO SISTER VIDA DRYSDALE OF WEST WALLSEND N.S.W. WHEN SHE GAVE HIM SOME LOLLIES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY & BROWN)

1943-03-15. NEW GUINEA. IN HIS SPARE TIME MAJOR H.E. ROWE AN ARMY DENTIST IN NEW GUINEA HAS SECURED A SPLENDID COLLECTION OF NEW GUINEA BUTTERFLIES. THE LARGEST BUTTERFLY IN THE MAJOR'S COLLECTION ..