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1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AIRCRAFTMAN I JACKSON OF MACKAY, QLD, BUILDS A JUNGLE FENCE AROUND HIS HUT AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN ALLIED VESSEL WAS HIT DURING THE 1943-04-14 JAPANESE RAID ON MILNE BAY. PICTURE SHOWS BOMB DAMAGE. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN ALLIED VESSEL HIT DURING 1943-04-14, JAPANESE RAID ON MILNE BAY. R. TAYLOR OF SYDNEY AND E. CAESAR OF FREMANTLE, W.A. IN ONE OF THE WRECKED CABINS. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-05-24. NEW GUINEA. LIEUT. COLONEL WALTER B. JONES FROM TUSCALOSSA, ALABAMA, A NATURALIST WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES, HOLDS A NEW GUINEA NATIVE AXE, WHICH HE CLAIMS IS IDENTICAL WITH AN AXE USED ..

1943-05-24. NEW GUINEA. SECOND ARMY WEDDING TO BE CELEBRATED IN NEW GUINEA. CUTTING THE CAKE IS THE BRIDE, FORMERLY SISTER ALMA CRUDGINGTON, OF ROCKHAMPTON, QUEENSLAND, ASSISTED BY THE BRIDGEGROOM, ..

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. ORO BAY. ALLIED SHIP SUNK BY JAPANESE BOMBS 1943-03. JOHN E. JOHNSTONE AND CAPT. J.W. HERD, SALVAGE DIVERS, (WHO HANDLED SALVAGE OF GOLD FROM THE "NIAGARA") INSPECT SUNKEN ..

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. ON AN AIRSTRIP SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-10. NEW GUINEA. AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA. PRIVATE G.C. MCLACHLAN OF PLAYFIELD, BRISBANE CUTS THE HAIR OF SISTER N. O'TOOLE, PERTH. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-24. NEW GUINEA. CPL. M.O. WALLENAFFER, OF MILDURA, VIC, WHO WAS WOUNDED BY A JAPANESE MACHINE GUN BULLET DURING FIGHTING IN THE MUBO AREA, WALKED 40 MILES TO WAU. HALF OF THE JOURNEY WAS ..

1943-06-09. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. TRANSPORT PLANES RETURNING AFTER HAVING TAKEN IN SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-09. NEW GUINEA. AN AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREW WATCH A FLIGHT OF THEIR OWN PLANES OVERHEAD

1943-06-11. NEW GUINEA. THE FINISHING TOUCHES BEING MADE TO THE STAGE ERECTED FOR MELODY PARADE TALENT QUEST, BEING CONDUCTED BY THE NEW GUINEA ARMY PAPER "GUINEA GOLD". ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRST ..