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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 ..

1943-03-22. 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 ..

1943-03-24. NEW GUINEA. RAAF MOTOR BOAT CREWS IN NEW GUINEA OVERHAUL A BOAT WHICH ONCE DID THE ROUNDS OF THE LOBSTER POTS OFF THE N.S.W. COAST. WHEN IT LEAVES THIS IMPROVISED SLIPWAY IT WILL BE ..

1943-03-22. NEW GUINEA. DESPITE BOTH ELEVATORS BEING BADLY DAMAGED BY ACK ACK FIRE AND SHRAPNEL HAVING TORN THE TYRES OF BOTH LANDING WHEELS TO THE CANVAS, A FLYING FORTRESS WAS FLOWN 400 MILES TO ..

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 ..

1943-03-29. NEW GUINEA. UNDER A HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED NET GROUND STAFF AT AN ADVANCED RAAF OPERATIONAL BASE IN NEW GUINEA, OVERHAUL A BEAUFIGHTER. IT WAS MACHINES SIMILAR TO THIS THAT MERCILESSLY ..

1943-03-29. NEW GUINEA. CAUSE AND EFFECT SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. A RIGHT WHICH MISSED AT AN RAAF BOXING TOURNAMENT CAUSED VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS ON ONLOOKERS FACES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-04-01. PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT. AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER A SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED NATIVE HUT TO CARRY OUT REHABILITATION TREATMENT - THE AIM OF ..

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)

1943-04-08. NEW GUINEA. A CASE OF DEHYDRATED POTATOES FOR AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AT WAU. THE DEHYDRATION OF VEGETABLES HAS MEANT THAT AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN BATTLE AREAS, AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE, CAN HAVE ..

1943-04-01. NEW GUINEA. THREE TON AMERICAN TRUCKS DISMANTLED AND LOADED INTO TRANSPORT 'PLANES BY AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS FOR SHIPMENT TO WAU. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

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 ..