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1943-05-17. NEW GUINEA. SIR EARLE PAGE, DISCUSSES MALARIA PROBLEMS WITH OFFICER AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, N.G. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-11. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. ARMY STOCKMEN DROVING SHEEPS INTO PENS AT MILNE BAY SLAUGHTER YARDS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. TROOPS ON PATROL DUTY CROSS A DEEP RIVER ON A SMALL NATIVE MADE BAMBOO RAFT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-17. NEW GUINEA. GONA. JAPANESE PONY AND CART CAPTURED DURING THE GONA BATTLE, WAITS ON THE BEACH TO TAKE STORES INLAND. R. RAMSAY DANIEL OF EPPING N.S.W. IS AT THE HORSE'S HEAD. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-05-17. NEW GUINEA. ARMY MAIL MUST GO THROUGH. LOOK AT THE ROADS IT GOES THROUGH. THIS PARTICULAR JEEP WAS BOGGED SEVEN SEPARATE TIMES ON THIS "ROAD". (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-17. NEW GUINEA. GONA. LIEUT. R.B. HODGSON OF VAUCLUSE, SYDNEY, N.S.W. WELL KNOWN MANLY AND NORTH BONDI SURF CLUBS MEMBER WITH GUNNER D. PINNINGTON OF ROSEVILLE, N.S.W. (CLEANING RIFLE). ..

1943-05-24. NEW GUINEA. "HE CAN'T GET OUT OF IT." THE OLD FAMILIAR WRESTLING CRY RANG OUT FROM HUNDREDS OF ALLIED TROOPS IN NEW GUINEA WHEN TOM TREVASKIS OF ST KILDA, VIC, AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH ..

1943-06-09. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIANS TAKE A REST ON THE SIDE OF A DUSTY NEW GUINEA ROAD. THE PATROL RESTS AFTER MARCHING MANY MILES WITH FULL PACK. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

STAFF SERGEANT P. HOFFEOKER, OF DOVER, DELAWARE, USA, LOOKS OUT FROM HIS B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER. MARKINGS ON THE PLANE DENOTE ITS PAST PERFORMANCES. NAMED "HONI KUU OKOLE", WHICH IS HAWAIIAN ..

1943-05-19. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. AIR STRIP. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-24. NEW GUINEA. CORPORAL KEV. HORN, QUEENSLAND, BACKSTROKE CHAMPION FOR SIX YEARS, LEAVING THE WATER AFTER HAVING COMPETED IN AN EVENT AT A COMBINED SERVICES SWIMMING CARNIVAL IN NEW ..

1943-06-09. NEW GUINEA. PORT MORESBY. TRAFFIC IS HELD UP AT THE END OF THE AIR STRIP WHILE A TRANSPORT PLANE TAKES OFF. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)