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1943-06-15. NEW GUINEA. NATIVES AT A RIFLE RANGE AT A PAPUAN INFANTRY UNIT CAMP PRACTISE WITH RIFLES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-15. NEW GUINEA. A.I.F. BAKERS AT WORK IN NEW GUINEA. PTE. N. BLACKSHAW, OF WEST RYDE, N.S.W. SGT. A. JENKINS OF INVERELL, N.S.W. TAKE BROAD FROM THE COOLING RACKS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-18. NEW GUINEA. THE SMITH FLYING FAMILY, SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, CAPTAIN WILLIAM ANDREW, "BILL" SMITH, HIS FATHER COLONEL ANDREW WILLIAM SMITH, KNOWN AS "LITTLE ANDY", AND A YOUNGER SON ..

1943-06-25. NEW GUINEA. A U.S. ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT LOADS A 40MM BOFORS GUN INTO A TRANSPORT PLANE

WARDS STRIP, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-06. 411684 FLIGHT SERGEANT J.A. DRUMMOND (PILOT) AND SERGEANT R. ALLAN (NAVIGATOR), BOTH OF NORTH SYDNEY, WITH THEIR NO 30 (LR/F) SQUADRON, RAAF, ..

1943-06-18. NEW GUINEA. NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE ARMY ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AMENITIES FOR THE TROOPS. HERE ARE TWO OPERATORS ON THE JOB - HENIHENI OF HAGNAUBADA, PAPUA, AND PTE. R. MILLER, ..

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN BEAUFIGHT CREWS. SGT. G.E. WEIN, OF GAYNDAH, QUEENSLAND (PILOT) AND SGT. D.C. KIRKWOOD OF SMITHFIELD, N.S.W. (NAVIGATOR). (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-25. NEW GUINEA. TECH SERGEANT JOHN D. MILLS OF MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA, CHECKING OVER 1000 AND 2000 POUND BOMBS. THESE BOMBS ARE WAITING TO GO TO LIBERATOR AND FLYING FORTRESS UNITS. ..

1943-06-25. NEW GUINEA. ST PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. FIRST MASS IS CELEBRATED IN THE NEW CHURCH. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-25. NEW GUINEA. A U.S. ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT LOADS A 40MM BOFORS GUN INTO A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT PLANE

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. SGT. I. NIXON, OF ARMIDALE, N.S.W. WALKS THE SWEDISH BOOM TO RESTORE NERVE CONTROL AND BALANCE. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. AT A CONVALESCENT CAMP SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT IS GIVEN TO RESTORE INJURED MUSCLES AND NERVES. DRIVER N. POTTER OF KEMPSEY, N.S.W. HANGING TO THE ..