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ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL AND BLANCHE BAY. RABAUL LIES NEAR THE RIGHT CENTRE OF THE PICTURE. (THIS PHOTOGRAPH FORMS PART OF A PANORAMA WITH J3082

COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND STAFF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, NAMANULA, RABAUL, 1914. STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT F.G. CRESSWELL RAN, CAPTAIN R.J.A. TRAVERS. SITTING: COLONEL HOLMES AND MAJOR F.B. ..

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN BEAUFIGHTER CREWS. P/O. E.M. MARRON OF ST. KILDA, VICTORIA (PILOT) AND SGT. C.V. GOLLAN, OF CORRAKI, N.S.W. (OBSERVER). (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN BEAUFIGHTER CREWS, RECEIVING LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS FROM F/O S.R. HUTCHINSON AT A NEW GUINEA BASE. LEFT TO RIGHT (KNEELING) SGT. D.C. KIRKWOOD OF SMITHFIELD, ..

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS LEAVE FOR FORWARD AREAS. ON ONE OF THE TRACKS THEY RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM LIEUT K. ALLEN, OF INVERELL, N.S.W. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. THE DAILY WASHING IS PEGGED OUT AT AN RAAF CAMP 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. BARGES WITH STORES FROM THE DAMAGED SHIP BEING BROUGHT TO LAND. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO DIED DEFENDING TURNBILL FIELD. THE SIGN ON THE MONUMENT READS. "THIS MARKS THE WESTERN-MOST POINT ..

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. CANTEEN STORES UNLOADED FROM BARGES IN A NEW GUINEA INLET. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-11. NEW GUINEA. 25 POUNDER GUNS ON A PRACTICE SHOOT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. A KITTYHAWK BEING REPAIRED AFTER A FORCED LANDING ON AN EMERGENCY STRIP IN NEW GUINEA. IT HAS BEEN WHEELED INTO THE KUNAI GRASS FOR COVER. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-10. NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO IS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE MEN PLAYING THEIR PART IN THE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. IT SHOWS J. DELANEY, AGED 50 YEARS OF LEICHHARDT, N.S.W. AT ONE ..