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Wau-Mubo Area. This Transport Unit carries stores to men at forward areas over some of the roughest country in New Guinea. Identified are: VX4520 Corporal Keith John Corrin, of Tyabb, Vic, with ..

NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. COOKS AT A FORWARD CAMP PREPARE A MEAL FOR TROOPS PASSING THROUGH TO THEIR BATTLE STATIONS, ON THE MUBO TRACK. LEFT TO RIGHT PTES. K. LEWIS, OF ST KILDA, VICTORIA, J. ..

1943-07-08. New Guinea. Wau-Mubo Area. An Australian patrol moves out along the Mubo Track in a forward area

1943-07-08. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. A PATROL MOVES FORWARD ALONG THE MUBO TRACK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-12. AMERICAN ADVANCE INTO TROBRIAND ISLANDS. THIS PICTURE IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF THE AMERICAN ADVANCE AND SHOWS THREE SHIPS OF THE CONVOY SAILING NORTHWARD UNDER SULLEN SKIES. (NEGATIVE BY ..

1943-07-12. AMERICAN ADVANCE INTO TROBRIAND ISLANDS. THE VOYAGE WHICH ENDED THE LONG PERIOD OF THE ALLIED HOLDING WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. THESE PHOTOS ARE THE FIRST OF THE AMERICAN ADVANCE ..

1943-07-16. NEW GUINEA. SOME OF THE PILOTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE LARGEST BOMBING RAID ON A LAND TARGET IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA. LEFT TO RIGHT. F/LT. DICK HUNT, OF DOUBLE BAY, N.S.W. F/O. ..

Wau-Mubo Area. At a Forward Dressing Station, N78920 Sergeant William Kilmister, of St Peters, NSW, and Private C Clarke, [possibly Clarence], are darning socks. (Negative by G Short)

1943-07-14. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. A DENTAL CLINIC POST IN A FORWARD AREA. CAPT. J. GRAY, OF OATLEY, N.S.W. GIVES TREATMENT TO PTE. G. VERITY, OF NARRABEEN, N.S.W. THIS DENTAL POST IS WITHIN ..

Wau-Mubo Area. Special parachutes dropped from transport aircraft along the Mubo track are re packed by possibly Private Otto Edwin Scholz of Wagga Wagga, NSW; VX10813 Captain William Kither ..

1943-07-16. NEW GUINEA. MEMBER OF AN AUSTRALIAN BOSTON BOMBER CREW. FLYING OFFICER AUSTIN SKINNER OF WONTHAGGI, VIC. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-16. NEW GUINEA. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA CAPT. CLARRIE MARTIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR N.S.W. AND CAPT. DAVID GILL OF WASHINGTON, WHO IN CIVILIAN LIFE WAS A LAWYER, HAVE A CUP OF TEA AND ..