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KIRIWINA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-06. SQUADRON LEADER W. BOULTON (PILOT), OF MANLY, NSW, AND FLYING OFFICER K. MCCARTHY (NAVIGATOR), OF MELBOURNE, VIC, WITH THEIR NO 30 (LR/F) SQUADRON, RAAF, BEAUFIGHTER ..

THE S.S. MATUNGA, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SHIP TO ARRIVE AFTER THE OCCUPATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF), AT MADANG WHARF, IN WHAT WAS FORMERLY GERMAN NEW GUINEA, ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. TYPICAL COUNTRY IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK TO FORWARD AREAS. PTE. ALLAN SHORT, OF VICTORIA, SHARES HIS MATCH WITH A NATIVE CARRIER. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA, CARRYING SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA, CARRYING SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-07. NEW GUINEA. PACIFIC OFFENSIVE. PILOTS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR'S PLANE "SALLY" IN WHICH HE FLEW TO NEW GUINEA. TO DIRECT THE ALLIED OFFENSIVES IN NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS. LEFT TO ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. THIS TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA IS 500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-28. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. NATIVE CARRIERS SET OUT ALONG THE TRACK IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA, CARRYING SUPPLIES TO FORWARD AREAS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. TYPICAL COUNTRY IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. DRIVERS PAT CORAM, OF MELBOURNE, HARRY JENKINS, OF MELBOURNE, AND D. BEECROFT, OF MELBOURNE, START OFF ALONG THE TRAIL. ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. IN AN OFF MOMENT PTE. R. DAVIES, OF VIC., L/C ALLEN, OF VIC., AND PTE. JOHN LUCAS OF VIC., WITH FUZZY WUZZY MARRAMON EXAMINE THEIR IMPROVISED WASHING PANS AS ..

1943-07-09. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. OFFICERS STUDY A MAP IN A FORWARD AREA ALONG THE MUBO TRACK. CAPT. R. ISHERWOOD, OF SURREY HILLS, VIC., LT. W.M. IRVING OF HAWTHORN, VIC., CAPT. R. FLEMMING, ..