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1943-08-03. ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. MAJOR ARCHIBALD ROOSEVELT, OF LONG ISLAND, N.Y. CHATTING TO AUSTRALIANS NEAR NASSAU BAY. LEFT TO RIGHT CPL. RALPH JONES, OF DULWICH, S.A., SIGNALMAN JEFF ..

1943-08-03. NEW GUINEA. FOOD AND AMMUNITION FOR ALLIED TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA A MUBO BEING DROPPED FROM A TRANSPORT PLANE. THE CONTAINERS ARE ATTACHED TO PARACHUTES. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-08-04. NEW GUINEA. MAKING THE BEST OF NOT ALTOGETHER IDEAL CONDITIONS AUSTRALIANS BUILT THIS CAMP IN THE JUNGLE ON A HILLSIDE NEAR MUBO. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-08-09. NEW GUINEA. AS THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT TAMBU NEAR SALAMAUA. GOES ON, AUSTRALIANS VETERANS REALISE THEY HAVE NEVER FOUGHT A NASTIER COMBINATION THAN THE JUNGLE AND THE JAPANESE. HERE ARE ..

1943-08-09. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN CROSSING THE BITOI RIVER ON A MAKE-SHIFT BRIDGE. THERE WAS BITTER FIGHTING BETWEEN THE ALLIES AND THE JAPS AT BITOI RIVER FROM WHICH THE JAPANESE RETREATED TO ..

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)

RABAUL. 1916. A GROUP AT A CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN TEAMS FROM THE MILITARY (AN&MEF) AND CIVILIANS. (DONOR W. H. LUCAS.)

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)

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

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. VEGETABLE GARDENS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW GUINEA. THIS GARDEN SUPPLIES VEGETABLES FOR TROOPS IN THE WAU-MUBO AREA. THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTPUT GOES TO HOSPITALS AND REST ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. TRANSPORT PLANES UNLOADING AT AN ADVANCED LANDING GROUND. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)